Lenz v. Coon Creek Watershed District

How courts have described this case

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• noting that when construing a provision of a statute, courts should look beyond the words of the provision and look to section as a whole
• noting that when construing a provision of a statute, courts should look beyond the words of the provision and look to section as a whole
• stating that statutes in pari materia covering the same subject matter should be construed in light of each other
• interpreting Minn.Stat. §§ 112.792, 112.80 (1961), as allowing joinder under Minn. R. Civ. P. 20.01
• stating further that we should not assume “the nonexistence of inconsistent procedures”
• “statutes in pari materia covering the same subject matter should be construed consistently, if reasonably possible”

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