STAFFORD v. REED


363 Pa. 405 (1950)

Stafford v. Reed, Admr., Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 3, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill W. Linn and William H.S. Wells, with them William F. Bohlen, Francis H. Bohlen, Jr., and Saul, Ewing, Remick & Saul for appellant.

Albert W. Johnson, for appellee.

Before MAXEY, C.J., DREW, LINN, STERN, PATTERSON, STEARNE and JONES, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE HORACE STERN, January 3, 1950:

An appellate court will ordinarily accept as conclusive the findings of fact of a chancellor approved by the court en banc, but this rule is not applicable where the evidence, in order to prevail, must be clear, precise and indubitable or where it must meet some other prescribed standard of proof. Whether findings are supported by evidence of that quality is always a question of law and therefore reviewable by...

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