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Bulele Estate, Re [1977] TTLawRp 2; 7 TTR 500 (25 January 1977)

7 TTR 500

In the Matter of the Estate of BULELE, Deceased

Civil Appeal No. 40
Appellate Division of the High Court
Marshall Islands District

January 25, 1977

Appeal from distribution of property of a decedent. The Appellate Division of the High Court, Hefner, Associate Justice, affirmed.

Appeal and Error—Evidence—Weight

Where notice of appeal and brief merely repeated assertions made below, court would not re-weigh evidence on appeal or set aside findings of fact made below, and, there being nothing to demonstrate that the findings were erroneous, judgment would be affirmed.

Before BURNETT, Chief Justice, HEFNER, Associate Justice and WILLIAMS, Associate Justice

HEFNER, Associate Justice

This appeal emanates from a judgment distributing certain property of the deceased. The notice of appeal and the brief of the appellant is nothing more than a repeat of the assertions made before the trial judge.

This Court will not re-weigh the evidence, and the findings of fact of the trial court shall not be set aside.

There is nothing to demonstrate that the findings were clearly erroneous.

The judgment is affirmed.