Court Opinion

ID: 9658894
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 21:21:14.485348+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:01.418707
License: Public Domain

TEIGEN, Chief Justice
(concurring specially).
I join in the opinion' of the majority. However, I wish to add a few words to emphasize another reason why I believe the Act unconstitutional.
The Act provides an appeal may be taken from the decision of the court to the Supreme Court “as in other matters tried to the court and without a jury.” Section 40-51.1-14, N.D.C.C. If allowed to stand, the Act imposes upon this Court a legislative function which is clearly unconstitutional. Section 96 of the North Dakota Constitution provides:
“No duties shall be imposed by law upon the supreme court or any of the judges thereof, except such as are judicial * * * ”
I cannot assume the Legislature would have enacted the Act in question without the appeal provision and, therefore, I conclude it is not severable.