Carlson v. McLyman

How courts have described this case

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• conceding that the ordinary meaning of the word may is permissive and not compulsory
• conceding that the ordinary meaning of the word may is permissive and not compulsory
• noting that “the ordinary meaning of the word ‘may’ is permissive and not compulsive”
• “Even though a statute is held remedial, * * * the court cannot arbitrarily extend the ordinary meaning of its language”
• “It is not within the province of this [C]ourt to insert or delete words from a statute unless the necessity to do so is plainly evident in order to carry out the legislative intent.”
• The ordinary meaning of the word \may\ is permissive and not compulsive.

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).