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.
Thornfield is an unincorporated community in Ozark County, Missouri. It is sixteen miles northwest of Gainesville. It is located on Route 95 at the Little North Fork of the White River.