State ex rel. Taylor v. Mount

Dissenting Opinion.

Jordan, J.

I am constrained to dissent from the conclusion reached by the majority of the court in this case, and will, briefly as possible, and without elaboration, state my reasons for dissenting. It is conceded, if I understand the position of counsel for the relator, and at least, it cannot be successfully denied, that in the absence of the provision limiting the life of the Appellate Court in the statute creating it, its existence would have been perpetual, subject only *696to a legislative change, and under such circumstances, the tenure of the present judges, in…