How will the Court of Appeal review the findings of the trial court?

California, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Combs v. Haddock, 11 Cal.Rptr. 865, 190 Cal.App.2d 151 (Cal. App. 1961):

Where different conclusions may reasonably be drawn from the evidence by different minds, the findings of the trial court will not be disturbed. Pfingsten v. Westenhaver, 39 Cal.2d 12, 244 P.2d 395.
It is the duty of a reviewing court to view the evidence and the reasonable inferences to be drawn therefrom in the light most favorable to the party who was successful in the lower court. Ducharme v. Ducharme, 158 Cal.App.2d 189, 313 P.2d 33.

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