Perkins v. Barnes

Dissenting Opinion of

Johnson, J.

Aside from the pecuniary interests of the parties to this proceeding, additional importance attaches "to a decision of the appeal, as a ruling on the law points in the case must to some extent control the action of our Courts in future proceedings of like character, seeing that this Court has not before passed upon the questions now brought up. My first impressions, upon examining the transcript of the case, were opposed to the judgment of the Court below; but desiring in this as in all other matters coming before us to defer to the views of my more learned and…