State Ex Rel. Ballard v. Vest

How courts have described this case

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

• “We cannot assume in the 3 See also Syl. Pt. 7, Ex parte Watson, 82 W. Va. 201, 95 S.E. 648 (1918
• “We cannot assume in the absence of wording clearly indicating contrariwise that the Legislature would use words which are unnecessary, and use them in such way as to obscure, rather than clarify, the purposes which it had in mind in the enactment of the statute.”

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