Galveston, H. & S. A. Ry. Co. v. Duty

How courts have described this case

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

• a court may look to extrinsic aids of interpretation to confirm an unambiguous statute’s meaning
• “The purpose of statutes of limitation is to save courts from stale claim litigation; spare citizens from having to defend when memories have faded, witnesses have died or disappeared and evidence is lost; prevent parties from sleeping on their rights; and require diligence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).