Legal Opinion · Dissent

In Re Goldsworthy's Estate

New Mexico Supreme Court

Decided July 10, 1941No. 4578Published

1Dissent

Dissenting alone in this case, a position which I rarely take, leaves me in doubt as to the correctness of my position. The lone dissenter surely cannot believe that every one of his associates on the bench is out of step except himself in the reasoning employed in the particular case under consideration to reach the conclusion arrived at. Nevertheless, if my views accomplish nothing else but a legislative change in the statute under consideration, my lonesomeness will be rewarded and my self-accusation of doubt as to my position be dissipated in the accomplishment of that which I believe to…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Lindauer Mercantile Co. v. BoydNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1902
  2. Northcutt v. KingNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1917
  3. Orman v. Van ArsdellNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1904
  4. Bunton v. AbernathyNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1937
  5. Anderson v. Texas-Louisiana Power Co.New Mexico Supreme Court · 1937

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