 | Louisiana. Supreme Court, Merritt M. Robinson - 1842 - 704 páginas
...Municipality, we should disregard altogether the proviso to the seventh section, contrary to the well settled rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every part of a statute. We therefore fully concur in the opinion given by the district judge. Seghers v.... | |
 | Utah. Supreme Court, Albert Hagan, John Augustine Marshall, John Maxcy Zane, James A. Williams, Joseph M. Tanner, George L. Nye, John Walcott Thompson, August B. Edler, Alonzo Blair Irvine, Harmel L. Pratt, William S. Dalton, H. Arnold Rich - 1909 - 588 páginas
...some force to appellant's position; but we do not feel that we are at liberty to do either. It is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be...to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. By giving effect to the word "and" does not render the clause in which it occurs unintelligible nor... | |
 | 1928 - 1130 páginas
...Commission in construing railroad tariffs. 6. Contracts ф=э 1 52— Statutes C=>20fi— Effect should be given, If possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a contract or statute. In construction of statutes and of contracts, effect is to be given, if possible,... | |
 | Amasa Angell Redfield - 1882 - 740 páginas
...of his widow; that the petition was, therefore, premature, and should be dismissed. It is a cardinal rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every part of a will. Heard «. Case, 23 How. Pi:, 516,— followed. Bevan ». Cooper, 72 jV. Y., 317, —... | |
 | 1921 - 1150 páginas
...117; Brotherhood Ace. Co. v. Linehan, 71 NH 7, 51 Atl. 266; Board v. State, 148 Ind. 675, 48 NE 226. "Effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute." State v. Bartley, 39 Neb. 353, 58 NW 172, 23 LRA 67; Lewis' Sutherland, Stat. Con. (2d Ed.) vol. 2,... | |
 | 1916 - 948 páginas
...recover damages for breach of the contract. Held, that he may recover. Warren v. Dail, 87 SE 126 (NC). Effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. See Pelri v. Commercial, etc. Bank, 142 US 644, 650. See 2 SUTHERLAND, STATUTORY CONSTRUCTION, 2 ed.,... | |
 | 1926 - 1262 páginas
...1926, and not yet [officially] reported. [8] Another cardinal rule in the construction of statutes is that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence. 36 Cyc. 1128. That rule has been frequently recognized and followed by this court. Strottman v. Railway... | |
 | 1894 - 1288 páginas
...has different meanings, the sense In which It is used is to be gathered from the context. It Is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be...to every word, clause, and sentence of a statute. In other words, a statute must receive such construction as will moke all Its parts harmonize with... | |
 | Nebraska. Supreme Court, David Allen Campbell, Guy Ashton Brown, Lorenzo Crounse, Walter Alber Leese, Lee Herdmen, Henry Clay Lindsay, Henry Paxon Stoddart - 1894 - 1008 páginas
...TREASURER. FILED FEBRUARY 20, 1894. No. 6709. 1. Construction of Statutes. In construing a statute effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause, and sentence therein. In other words, a statute should be so construed as to make all its parts harmonize with each... | |
 | 1908 - 796 páginas
...best, is inconsistent with any limitation upon her interest in the property itself. It is a cardinal rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every disposition of property made by a testator; that no words of disposition, no portions of a will, are... | |
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It is an elementary rule of construction that effect must be given, if possible, to every word, clause and sentence of a statute. 
