Legal Opinion

Vargo v. Ihlenfeldt

Michigan Supreme Court

Decided April 11, 1960No. Docket 76, Calendar 48,029PublishedCited by 6 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBlack, J.

This appeal presents no reviewable question of substance. Plaintiffs, pained at the result below, would have us disagree with proof-supported and decisive findings of fact recorded by the trial chancellor; findings which, as our decisions boresomely disclose, are within the comparatively better province of one who sees and hears the controlling evidence as it comes from the lips and personal demeanor of disinterested as well as interested witnesses. It is an established truism that an appellate court is not as well equipped to do justice— the case being one of pure fact-dispute — as is the…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Barnes v. BeckMichigan Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Hayes Construction Co. v. SilverthornMichigan Supreme Court · 1955
  3. Redding v. SnyderMichigan Supreme Court · 1958

3Cited by6 opinions

  1. Mina v. General Star Indemnity Co.Michigan Court of Appeals · 1996
  2. U. S. Fibres, Inc. v. Proctor & Schwartz, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1972
  3. Hubert v. MayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
  4. Cyril Hubert v. George S. MayCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1961
  5. Stachnik v. WinkelMichigan Supreme Court · 1975

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