"[The] sentence is distinct from, and independent of, the judgment, and is, in fact, the final judgment in the cause."
How later courts described this case
- "[The] sentence is distinct from, and independent of, the judgment, and is, in fact, the final judgment in the cause."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
I am inclined to believe the Act of the Thirty-Second Legislature quoted in the opinion is constitutional. At least, I have such doubt that I am unwilling to agree to the opinion declaring it unconstitutional.
ON REHEARING. October 16, 1912.