Laughter v. Lambert

PAEKEE, Judge.

By appropriate exceptions and assignments of error appellants challenge the sufficiency of the evidence to withstand their motions for dismissal and to support the trial court’s findings of fact Nos. 7 and 8 and the conclusions of law and resulting judgment based thereon. When trial by jury is waived and issues of facts are tried by the court, the court is required to “find the facts specially and state separately its conclusions of law thereon and direct the entry of the appropriate judgment.” Eule 52(a) (1) of the Eules of Civil Procedure. In such case the court’s findings of…