Legal Opinion · Dissent

Rapp v. Sarpy County

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided March 17, 1904No. 13,428Published

Error to the district court for Sarpy county: George A. Day, Jubge.

1DissentHolcomb, C. J.

T am persuaded that, in the majority opinion, too much stress is laid on the question of shifting the burden of proof, and too little regard had to the shifting -of the court from one position to another, and thus unsettling what, as it seems to me, should be accepted as a settled rule of remedial law in this state. Certainly if a long line of judicial decisions can settle a question, the one under consideration should be regarded as having been set at rest. The doctrine of stare decisis appears to me to be altogether ignored or at most to he given hut scant consideration. I do not especially…

2Cases cited12 opinions

  1. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad v. KelloggNebraska Supreme Court · 1898
  2. Omaha Street Railway Co. v. DuvallNebraska Supreme Court · 1894
  3. City of Lincoln v. WalkerNebraska Supreme Court · 1885
  4. Anderson v. Chicago, B. & Q. R. Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1892
  5. George H. Hammond Co. v. JohnsonNebraska Supreme Court · 1893

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