Legal Opinion · Dissent

Tiffany v. Glover

Supreme Court of Iowa

Decided May 15, 1852Published

Appeal from Henry District Court.

1Dissent

*396 Dissenting Opinion by

Greene, J.

It is with self distrust and much reluctance that I dissent from the majority opinion. Were the principles involved unimportant, or in harmony with the decisions of this court, I could more readily withhold my views. Hut to my mind, this decision, as a precedent for the future, and as affecting an extensive range of rights acquired under judicial action, involves principles of the utmost importance to our state; and, as I think, it comes in direct conflict with the precedent rulings of this court, and is calculated to impair rights judicially vested, I feci it…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Thompson v. TolmieSupreme Court of the United States · 1829
  2. Weaver v. DevendorfNew York Supreme Court · 1846
  3. Tevis v. YoungCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1858
  4. Delassus v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1835
  5. Jackson ex dem. Sternberg v. ShafferNew York Supreme Court · 1814

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