Rule 639 A judgment, when not conclusive, is presumed to correctly determine or set forth the rights of the parties, but there is no presumption that the facts…

When a court issues a judgment, the law assumes that the decision about each person's rights and obligations is correct. For example, if a court says you owe someone money, that outcome is presumed to be right.

However, this does not mean the specific facts the court relied on to reach that decision are also presumed to be correct. So if another case comes up where those same facts matter, the earlier court's findings about the facts do not automatically carry the same weight as the final judgment itself.