Court Opinion

ID: 9671569
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 03:39:25.405083+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:16:10.817364
License: Public Domain

SUMMERS, Justice
(dissenting).
I do not agree with the finding of the majority that Mrs. Cox prevented the contractor from performing the alterations to her buildings. Such a finding is not only contrary to the evidence, but it runs counter to logic and reason. The majority holding requires the conclusion that this impecunious widow deliberately prevented the restoration of the premises in question which were her source of livelihood. Thereby she lost her tenants and income from the property and, eventually, the property itself through foreclosure. I cannot bring myself to believe in the correctness of the conclusion of the majority or to rest in comfort with the justice of this case.
I respectfully dissent.