Corey v. Hooker
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by plaintiffs from Bond, J., at September Term, 1915, of Pitt. Civil action upon exceptions to report of referee. Tbe court overruled all plaintiffs’ exceptions and sustained defendants’ exceptions, and made findings of fact and law and rendered judgment accordingly. Tbe plaintiffs appealed.
1DissentWalkek, J.
Were this a question of general law, not affected by any statutory enactment, it may be that I would be constrained by some precedents in our Reports, even if thought to be erroneous in principle, to yield my silent concurrence to tbe opinion of tbe majority. I do not consider it proper to dissent in every case where my views may not strictly coincide with those of my brethren, whose greater learning and superior acumen I freely acknowledge; but whenever I believe that a vital principle is involved, or a right which is plainly given and guaranteed by statute is destroyed or put in jeopardy,…
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