Hanley v. STATE, DEPT. OF CONSERVATION

Dissenting Opinion

Emmert, J.

The majority opinion and its reasoning open up a Pandora’s box of constitutional doubts as to the validity of many statutes in Indiana which were enacted by the General Assembly in appreciation of the *339patriotic sacrifices made by the men and women in the armed forces during a time of national peril. It applies a rule of strict construction in a matter affecting veterans when, as stated by this court in State v. Dudley (1910), 173 Ind. 633, 635, 91 N. E. 228, to invoke such a rule “is unpatriotic and impolitic.” Under the reasoning of the majority opinion of the…