Court Opinion

ID: 9808242
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-31 20:31:09.444309+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:10:18.397888
License: Public Domain

Douglas, J.
(concurring). In concurring in the opinion of the Court, I deem it proper to state that I do not under-, stand the Court as holding that the discretion of the Judge below is in all cases irreviewable, even when within the letter of the statute. The discretion confided to the Judge is a legal discretion, which must be exercised in subordination to-other essential principles of law. Marsh v. Griffin, 123 N. C., 660. For instance, suppose that in the case at bar the plaintiff had declined to produce the check for inspection, even by the defendant himself, upon the ground that it would tend to convict him of the crime of forgery; I have-no idea that any court either would, or could, enforce its-production. Even if within the letter of the statute, such a-course would be against its essential spirit, and in direct violation of section 11 of Art. I of the Constitution of the State.