Schierstead v. City of Brigantine

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \[s]tatutes are to be read sensibly rather than literally and the controlling legislative intent is to be presumed as `consonant to reason and good discretion.'\
• stating that statutes should be read “sensibly rather than literally”
• “statutes are to be read sensibly rather than literally and the controlling legislative intent is to be presumed ‘consonant to reason and good discretion.’ ”
• if reasonably possible, statutes should be accorded a construction that is sensible and consonant with reason and good discretion, rather than one that leads to absurd consequences
• statutes are to be read sensibly rather than literally; legislative intent is to be presumed as “consonant to reason and good discretion” and absurd consequences are to be avoided
• “... statutes are to be read sensibly rather than literally and the controlling legislative intent is to be presumed as consonant to reason and good discretion.” Id. at 230, 148 A.2d 591

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).