Monaghan v. School District No. 1

How courts have described this case

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

• refusing to pass upon the eligibility of a school teacher to serve in the legislature
• “In construing the organic law, the presumption and legal intendment are that every word, clause, and sentence therein have been inserted for some useful purpose.”
• “In construing the organic law, the presumption and legal intendment are that every word, clause, and sentence therein have been inserted for some useful purpose.”
• “The constitution derives its force and effect from the people who ratified it and not from the proceedings of the convention where it was framed[.]”
• “The constitution derives its force and effect from the people who ratified it and not from the proceedings of the convention where it was framed[.]”
• “The constitution derives its force and effect from the people who ratified it and not from the proceedings of the convention where it was framed!.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).