MacE v. Webb

With the utmost conviction and with such effort I can summon, I protest this decision as an indefensible injustice in the effect it has upon an innocent child. This unfortunate result arises from animosities between adults, for which the child neither has any responsibility nor means of defense. The doing of justice requires not only that the law be vigilant in seeing that those deserving of awards receive them, but that it be equally vigilant in seeing that no harm is inflicted upon those undeserving thereof.1

The main opinion impresses me as being predisposed to rule against the plaintiff…