Algoma Coal & Coke Co. v. Alexander

Believing as I do that the conclusion reached by the majority of the Court in this proceeding is entirely wr-ong, logically unsound, and places a distorted and totally unwarranted construction upon statutory provisions which are plain and unambiguous and are not subject to judicial interpretation, I respectfully but emphatically dissent.

The issue in this case is clear and simple. It is not complicated. It is simply whether the applicable provisions of Article 2, Chapter 22, Code, 1931, as amended, in force when this proceeding was instituted, prohibit a duly qualified person, holding a…