Scott v. Queen Anne's Railroad

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[w]here the language of the statute is of doubtful meaning or ambiguous, rules of construction may be resorted to and the construction of such statute by the person charged with the duty of executing the same is accorded great weight.”
• “In this jurisdiction circuit courts, upon certiorari, review matters of law and fact and make such disposition of a case as ‘law and justice may require.’ ”
• “[w]here the language of ... [a] statute is of doubtful meaning or ambiguous, rules of construction may be resorted to and the construction of such statute by the person charged with the duty of executing the same is accorded great weight”
• “[w]here the language of the statute is of doubtful meaning or ambiguous, rules of construction may be resorted to and the construction of such statute by the person charged with the duty of executing the same is accorded great weight”

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