Legal Opinion · Dissent

Terry v. Gresham

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided October 26, 1950No. 8 Div. 546Published

1Dissent

SIMPSON, Justice.

I dissent.

*355No law is declared or established, since only two’ agree with the opinion, the other two limiting agreement to the result, namely, reversing the trial court. I don’t think the law should operate to bring about that result, since there is no certainty as to the law- governing.

It will be my endeavor to rationalize a proper decision of the case, with certain well-established legal guideposts to set direction.

This is not a case where a court, having taken jurisdiction of a matter, tries to abdicate its powers in favor of another court. It is a case to revoke and annul…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Hale v. KinnairdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
  2. Curtis v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
  3. Murphy v. FreemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
  4. Starlin v. LoveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
  5. Rehfuss v. McAndrewSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947

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