· 1/7/1926
Drinkard v. Anderton
Citations
- 280 S.W. 1076
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “In the absence of a statutory definition, this Court infers that the legislature intended no special meaning for the word but, instead, intended that it be given its ordinary meaning— its common dictionary definition.” (citation omitted)
- applying rule against inserting language into a statute
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Judges: Gallagher
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