McKay v. Board of Sup'rs of Carson City

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing that if a provision’s language is ambiguous, the provision’s history may reveal the framers’ intent
• explaining that a statute's meaning \may be determined by examining the context and the spirit of the law or the causes which induced the [LI egislature to enact it\
• “words in a statute should be given their plain meaning unless this violates the spirit of the act”
• words in a statute will be given their plain meaning unless this would violate the spirit of the act
• “The meaning of the words used may be determined by examining the context and the spirit of the law or the causes which induced the legislature to enact it.”
• \[W]ords in a statute should be given their plain meaning unless this violates the spirit of the act.\

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