Murphy v. Bennett, 68 Cal
Categories: Contracts
Definition (1910 Edition)
528, 9 Pac. 738; Morbey v. Railway Co., 116 Iowa, 84, 89 N. W. 105.—Gene and special findings. Where issues of fact in a case are submitted to: the court by consent of parties to be tried without a jury, the “finding” is the decision of the court as to the disputed facts, and it may be either general or special, the former being a general statement that the facts are in favor of such a party or entitle him to judgment, the latter being a specific setting forth of the ultimate facts established by the evidence and which are determinative of the judgment which must be given. See Rhodes v. United States
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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