Shaw v. County of Dallas

How courts have described this case

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• “Findings of fact in an appeal from a nonjury trial carry the same weight as a jury verdict and are reviewed under the same standards that are applied in reviewing evidence to support a jury’s verdict.”
• “Findings of fact in an appeal from a nonjury trial carry the same weight as a jury verdict and are reviewed under the same –11– standards that are applied in reviewing evidence to support a jury’s verdict.”
• where appellate court can fairly determine from the argument which specific finding of fact the appellant challenges, failure to specify which factual finding is challenged is not fatal
• “Additionally, in a nonjury trial, the trial court is the sole judge of the credibility of the witnesses and the testimony’s weight. The trial court may believe one witness and disbelieve others and may resolve any inconsistencies in a witness’s testimony.” (internal citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).