The opinion
Geieein Smith, Chief Justice, dissenting. My objection goes to the majority’s action in overruling the Miner case. A decision that lias landinarked a particular statute for more than half a century should not be cast aside with conclusions that in the composite amount to a declaration that “We don’t like it!” We have frequently said that judicial construction of a statute will be presumed to have come to the attention of the general assembly, and acquiescence by that body for a long period of time where the subject-matter was of legislative address carries with it the implication of assent.