Newlin v. Ackley

Citations

• 6 Pa. Super. 337
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 158

Syllabus

<p>Appeals — Weight to be given to referee's findings of fact.</p> <p>The appellate court cannot go behind the findings of fact by a referee, except where the assignment of error is such as could be heard and determined if the trial had been according to the course of the common law,— before a jury. If the evidence is relevant and proper and the findings of fact are reasonably inferable therefrom, the court must, in the absence of fraud, accept the report as correct.</p>