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.
West Burlington is a hamlet in the western part of the Town of Burlington in Otsego County, New York. It is located at 42°42′27″N 75°11′16″W / 42.7075°N 75.1877°W / 42.7075; -75.1877, three miles east of the town of Edmeston on New York State Route 51 and New York State Route 80. Most of the roads here are not paved.