Chisholm v. Bewley Mills

How courts have described this case

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• noting that while courts generally construe \shall\ as mandatory, it \may be and frequently is held to be merely directory\
• noting that while courts generally construe “shall” as mandatory, it “may be and frequently is held to be merely directory”
• interpreting statute containing \shall\ to additional hearings or base her decision upon the same be merely directory, not mandatory
• “Provisions [of a notice statute] which are not of the essence of the thing to be done, but which are included for the purpose of promoting the proper, orderly and prompt conduct of business, are not generally regarded as mandatory.”
• interpreting statute containing “shall” to be merely directory, not mandatory

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).