Legal Opinion · Dissent
State Ex Rel. Murphy v. Cherry
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided January 22, 1934No. 4-3252Published
1DissentJohnson, C. J.
New questions of greater importance than the one just decided have been submitted to this court for judicial determination in the past several years. I can not shut my eyes to the necessary implications of the majority opinion. Act 156 of 1931 has been struck down because of unconstitutionality. It is true that the virtues of this act should not save it; neither should its faults, if any, be invoked to accomplish its destruction.
In my humble opinion, act 156 of 1931 is a wholesome, constitutional and beneficial piece of legislation. It was promulgated, at a time when the world-wide depression…
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