O'Neil v. Providence Amusement Co.

I am obliged to dissent from the opinion of the majority and have, as I deem it my duty to do, without attempting to analyze said opinion in detail, here set out at length my opinion as to the legal principles involved in the constitutional question before us. I do this for the reason that the majority opinion appears to me to completely disregard the essential facts involved in the case; fails to make application of very elementary principles of the common law of contracts and particularly because said opinion adopts a novel and surprising position, opposed to the uniform decisions of this…