Cabana v. Mayo

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• legislature presumed to have knowledge of existing laws and presumed to intend to create harmonious body of law
• legislature presumed to have knowledge of existing laws and presumed to intend to create harmonious body of law
• when textual ambiguity exists, legislative intent may be discerned from “legislative history, legislative policy and the relationship of the statute at issue to existing legislation”
• mortgagee does not have to obtain “money judgment” but could instead institute foreclosure proceedings on property
• legislature presumed to have knowledge of existing laws and presumed to intend to create harmonious body of law
• “[w]e will not impute to the legislature an intent to limit [a] term where such intent does not otherwise appear in the language of the statute”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).