To me this opinion, like Taney's opinion in the Charles River Bridge Case, indicates that the tension had reached the breaking point, the court yielding in all directions at once, while the dominant preoccupation of the presiding judge seemed to be to plant his tribunal in such a position that it could so yield, without stultifying itself hopelessly before the legal profession and the public.

But once outside he promptly stultified himself, letting the repairs take care of themselves while he went in search of one Jud Byers.

But once outside he promptly stultified himself, letting the repairs take care of themselves while he went in search of one Jud Byers.