Pond Creek Pocahontas Co. v. Alexander

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• “Where the meaning of a statute is clear and its provisions are unambiguous, this Court will not undertake to construe and interpret it, but wall apply the statute as its exact terms require.”
• “The basic and cardinal principle, governing the interpretation and application of a statute, is that the Court should ascertain the intent of the Legislature at the time the statute was enacted
• “Where the meaning of a statute is clear and its provisions are unambiguous, this Court will not undertake to construe and interpret it, but will apply the statute as its exact terms require.”
• “The basic and cardinal principle, governing the interpretation and application of a statute, is that the Court should ascertain the intent of the Legislature at the time the statute was enacted, and in the light of the circumstances prevailing at the time of the enactment.”

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