Terry v. Gresham
Supreme Court of Alabama
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
- Hale v. KinnairdSupreme Court of Alabama · 1917
- Curtis v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Alabama · 1859
- Murphy v. FreemanSupreme Court of Alabama · 1930
- Starlin v. LoveSupreme Court of Alabama · 1938
- Rehfuss v. McAndrewSupreme Court of Alabama · 1947
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