The only power it has, if such it may be called, is the power of judgment. This court neither approves nor condemns any legislative policy. The reason for my concern is that the instant decision, overruling that announced about nine years ago, tends to bring adjudications of this tribunal into the same class as a restricted railroad ticket, good for this day and train only. The case ought not to have been taken by this Court. It involves merely the application of acknowledged principles of law to the facts disclosed by the record.
Decision here settles nothing save the merits or demerits of the conduct of the respective parties.