Court Opinion

ID: 9588144
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-21 23:30:38.212839+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:56:41.388712
License: Public Domain

McEWAN, Justice
(concurring in the result).
I concur because. under the circumstances of this case the result is correct, but I think we are not precluded in the future from examining similar questions which may come before us in a different manner.
While I think the opinion is clear as to what the issues in this case were, I want to record what I think the case did and did not decide. As the appellant said in his *765brief, the appeal was from the decision of the lower court. The decision of the lower court was handed down prior to any action having been taken by the legislature. Thus, the action of the legislature was not an issue in this case. As was noted in Justice Guthrie’s opinion, both the Bond and Powell cases involved acts of legislative bodies performed prior to the filing of the actions. I believe the principles announced in those cases may have some application in actions involving legislative determination of qualifications such as residency. I am therefore convinced that the question of whether or not this court may, upon proper application, inquire into the legislature’s determination of residency remains unanswered. Neither do I think that anything is said in the opinion which would preclude us from considering in the future whether or not we could examine the question of residency in an action brought to keep a nonresident off the ballot.