Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
Cedar is an unincorporated community in southeastern Mahaska County, Iowa, United States. It lies along Iowa Highway 23 southeast of the city of Oskaloosa, the county seat of Mahaska County. Its elevation is 814 feet (248 m), and it is located at 41°12′44″N 92°31′33″W / 41.21222°N 92.52583°W / 41.21222; -92.52583 (41.2122326, -92.5257450). Although Cedar is unincorporated, it has a post office with the ZIP code of 52543, which opened on 19 June 1874.