Foley Bros. v. County of St. Louis

(dissenting.)

I do not agree to or with the conclusion of Mr. Justice Holt and of Mr. Justice Dibell in the foregoing opinion which in effect affirms the lower court by a divided vote of this court. This situation, the large amount involved, and the public interest in the controversy, in my judgment, justifies me in stating my reasons for dissenting to the views of my associates and I consider it the imperative duty of both sides of this controversy to disclose, under the unusual circumstances confronting us, such reasons as they may have to sustain their conclusion.

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