georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)

Citation: georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)
Parent Document: georges way v harrington, No. 25-cv-2569 (Vt. Super. Ct. 2024)
Jurisdiction: Vermont (state)
Effective Date: 2024-09-09
Original Source: https://www.vermontjudiciary.org/media/19416 ↗

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The scope of this Court’s review on appeal is limited. An appeal from a small claims court’s
judgment is heard and decided “based on the record made in the small claims court.” 12 V.S.A. § 5538.
The “appeal is limited to questions of law.” V.R.S.C.P. 10(d). If the small claims court has applied the
correct law, this court will affirm its “conclusions if they are reasonably supported by the findings.”
Maciejko v. Lunenburg Fire Dist. No. 2, 171 Vt. 542, 543 (2000) (mem.). In turn, the findings of fact must be
supported by the evidence, Brandon v. Richmond, 144 Vt. 496, 498 (1984), and such findings “must be
construed, where possible, to support the judgment,” Kopelman v. Schwag, 145 Vt. 212, 214 (1984). The
court’s review of the small claims court's legal conclusions, however, is “non-deferential and plenary.”
Maciejko, 171 Vt. at 543 (quoting N.A.S. Holdings, Inc. v. Pafundi, 169 Vt. 437, 439 (1999)).
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25-CV-02569 GEORGE'S WAY LLC v. MATTHEW HARRINGTON
Small Claims Court Findings

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