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.
Peace Valley is a small unincorporated community in eastern Howell County, Missouri, United States. It is about five miles east of Route 17 on Route W. It was named for an early settler nicknamed "Grandaddy Peace".