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.
Hockingport is an unincorporated community in southeastern Troy Township, Athens County, Ohio, United States. Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 45739. It is located at the intersection of State Routes 124 and 144. It lies on the Ohio River, located below Little Hocking and above Reedsville.