Minneapolis Fire & Marine Insurance v. Matson Navigation Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• rejecting construction of a statute that operates to “nullify! ] [the statute’s] beneficial purpose”
• subsequent statutory enactments will not be construed as abrogating the common law “unless that result is imperatively required”
• subsequent statutory enactments will not be construed as abrogating the common law “unless that result is imperatively required”
• “Although a rule of strict construction is applied to a statute in derogation of the common law, it should nevertheless be construed sensibly and in harmony with the purpose of the statute, so as to advance and render effective such purpose and the intention of the legislature.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).