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· 11/13/1941

Mitchell v. Automobile Owners Indemnity Underwriters

Citations

  • 19 Cal. 2d 1
  • 118 P.2d 815
  • 137 A.L.R. 923
  • 1941 Cal. LEXIS 438

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  • “While the intention of the 6 legislature must be ascertained from the words used to express 7 it, the manifest reason and the obvious design of the law should 8 not be sacrificed to a literal interpretation of such 9 language.”
  • “While the intention of the 6 legislature must be ascertained from the words used to express 7 it, the manifest reason and the obvious design of the law should 8 not be sacrificed to a literal interpretation of such 9 language.”

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Judges: Edmonds

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