State Ex Rel. Carson v. Wood

Respectfully, I dissent from the Court’s decision embodied in the majority opinion in these two combined cases.

I am not endeavoring to be dramatic when I state that the Court in these cases, with all their grave implications, should be mindful and heedful of the wise admonition contained in Section 20, Article III, of the Constitution of West Virginia which contains the following language: “Free government and the blessings of liberty can be preserved to any people only by a firm adherence to justice, * * * and by a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles.” In my opinion, the Court has…