Legal Opinion · Dissent

Snowden v. Crown Cork & Seal Co.

Court of Appeals of Maryland

Decided February 5, 1911Published

Appeal from the Circuit Court of Baltimore Citv (Niles, J.). The cause was argued before Boyt>. 0.. J.. Briscoe, Pearce, Schmucxer, Burke, Thomas, Patttsox and IJrwer, JJ.

1Dissent

Pearce, Schmucker and Burke, JJ.,

dissented and

Pearce, J.,

delivered the following dissenting opinion:

I have heretofore expressed my conviction that dissenting opinions rarely add any real value to the reports of adjudicated cases, and that it is wise to refrain from them, under ordinary circumstances, but as the precise question in this case has never arisen in this State, nor elsewhere, so far as I am .informed, and as it is, under the peculiar doctrine in this State relating to charitable uses, a question of more than ordinary interest, I feel warranted in stating the views which I entertan,…

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Taylor v. HenryCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1878
  2. Love v. FrancisMichigan Supreme Court · 1886
  3. Woman's Foreign Missionary Society of the M. E. Church v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1901
  4. Doan v. Vestry of the Parish of the AscensionCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1906
  5. Dashiell v. Attorney GeneralCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1822

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