Court Opinion

ID: 9833944
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-09-01 23:10:32.563018+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:44:09.630138
License: Public Domain

On Motion for Rehearing.
In his motion for rehearing in this court appellant, for the first time, attacks a con*228trolling finding of the trial court, and now undertakes to substitute that finding with a directly contrary finding, ascertained and certified to by the trial court, with the explanation that the former finding was made through mistake and inadvertence. We have concluded, however, that this challenge of the record comes too late, and cannot now be entertained. To permit such procedure at this juncture of litigation would tend to impair the sanctity and stability of trial court records on -appeal, and to disrupt the orderly processes of appeal.
The finding now challenged and sought to be substituted was seasonably made and filed by the trial court. It was accepted without question by the parties, was incorporated into the record, the issues on appeal were joined upon the accuracy of the -finding, and the briefs of both parties were adjusted thereto. And appellee is now vigorously insisting that the original finding was in accordance with the evidence,- which he sets out at length. Under these conditions, if not as a matter of course in any event, we must decline to permit the substitution.
The motion therefor is accordingly overruled, as is also appellant’s motion for rehearing.