Redmon v. Davis

I am not in accord with the court opinion. Rather, I am persuaded to the view that, inherently, and legally as well, there is' nothing in common between pension payments and burial benefits. Pensions constitute payments to pensioners, living persons. Burial benefits, upon the other hand, in the sense of the statute here, are for the use of those continuing in life as they go about burying their dead. The foregoing is not equivalent to saying that there may not be legislation, nor that it would not be desirable, carrying general appropriation features calculated to meet the burial burdens. The…