Hathaway v. First National Bank of Cambridge

Citations

• 134 U.S. 494
• 10 S. Ct. 608
• 33 L. Ed. 1004
• 1890 U.S. LEXIS 1988

Syllabus

<p>Where a case is tried by the Circuit Court without a jury, and it makes a special finding of facts, with conclusions of law, alleged errors of fact are not, on a writ of error, subject to revision by this court, if there ■ was any evidence on which Such findings could be made.</p> <p>Where .the .Circuit Court finds ultimate facts, which justify the judgment rendered, its refusal to find certain, specified facts, and certain propositions of law based on those facts, will not be reviewed by this court, on a writ of error, if they were either immaterial facts or incidental facts, amounting only to evidence bearing on the ultimate facts found.</p>