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· 5/25/1990

Sheffield v. Davis

Citations

  • 562 So. 2d 384
  • 1990 WL 68724

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  • describing the “plain and obvious” meaning of “toll” in accordance with various contemporaneous dictionary definitions and cases
  • Rule of statutory construction favors according statutes their plain and obvious meaning, and one must assume that legislature knew plain and ordinary meanings of words when it chose to include them in statute

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Judges: Parker

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