special finding
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 76 U.S. 125 - Norris v. Jackson · 1869Most cited · 258 citing opinions
It is not a mere report of the evidence, but a statement of the ultimate facts on which the law of the case must determine the rights of the parties; a finding of the propositions of fact which the evidence establishes, and not the evidence on which those ultimate facts are supposed to rest.
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