Burgess v. State Road Commission

Since I do not concur in the above awards in the aggregate sum of $21,000.00 it becomes my mandatory duty to state the reasons for my nonconcurrence. If it be said that a dissent is but an “idle gesture” I answer that it should not be so treated when it deals with a proposed appalling appropriation of the public revenue. The requirement in the court act of a dissenting opinion is a wise provision. It is intended to give notice to the Legislature that the members *146of the court who have investigated the claim in question are not in agreement as to the proper recommendation to be made for its…