Legal Opinion · Dissent

State ex rel. Ragan v. Junkin

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided August 18, 1909No. 16,274Published

Appeal from tlie district court for Lancaster county: Albert J. Cornish, Judge.

1DissentDean, J.

I am unable to concur in the opinion of the majority of the court. From ihe arguments of counsel and the laAV applying to the facts it does not clearly appear that the act in question comes within the inhibitory provisions of the fundamental laAV that have been invoked to destroy it. The act is attacked solely on constitutional grounds, and thus the recognized rules of this and other jurisdictions, in cases involving constitutional construction, should be applied to determine the right of the act to take a place among the laws of the state.

Viewed from any point there is a delicacy surrounding…

2Cases cited23 opinions

  1. People ex rel. Breckon v. Board of Election CommissionersIllinois Supreme Court · 1906
  2. Rouse v. ThompsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  3. State ex rel. Adair v. DrexelNebraska Supreme Court · 1905
  4. City of Topeka v. GillettSupreme Court of Kansas · 1884
  5. State v. HunterSupreme Court of Kansas · 1888

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