Petters v. Charlson Estate

I dissent. In my opinion the order appealed from should be affirmed.

The enactment of chapter 161, Laws 1937, was an exercise by the state of its police power, to protect vital public interests, to promote public security, and to add to the general public convenience and welfare. This power was put forth by the state to meet what the lawmakers, almost unanimously, 1 determined to be a “great public need,” and in aid of what “strong and preponderant opinion” held “to be greatly and immediately necessary to the public welfare.” Noble State Bank v. Haskell, 219 U. S. 104, 55 L. ed. 112, 31 S. Ct.…