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Supreme Court of Florida· 5/12/1976

Shaw v. Shaw

Citations

  • 334 So. 2d 13

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that a trial court’s judgment in a non-jury trial must be supported by competent, substantial evidence
  • holding that in a nonjury case, it is not for this court to reweigh the evidence or substitute its judgment for that of the trial court
  • holding “[i]t is not the function of the appellate court to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court through re-evaluation of the testimony and evidence from the record on appeal before it.”
  • appellate court has right to reject incredible and improbable testimony or evidence
  • “It is not the function of the appellate court to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court through re-evaluation of the testimony and evidence from the record on appeal before it.”
  • “It is not the function of the appellate court to substitute its judgment for that of the trial court through re-evaluation of the testimony and evidence from the record on appeal before it.”

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Judges: Sundberg

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Cites

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