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· 6/8/1999

Dawson v. Townsend & Sons, Inc.

Citations

  • 735 So. 2d 1131
  • 1999 Miss. App. LEXIS 315
  • 1999 WL 367179

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  • holding that when a statute is ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations, courts need to understand the possible effects in order not to interpret the statute in such a way as to cause absurd results
  • holding that when a statute is ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations, courts need to understand the possible effects in order not to interpret the statute in such a way as to cause absurd results

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Judges: Southwick, P.J., Lee, and Thomas

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