State ex rel. Van Nice v. Whealey

Citations

• 5 S.D. 427
• 59 N.W. 211
• 1894 S.D. LEXIS 73

Syllabus

<p>1. In statutes, as in contracts, words are presumed to mean what they ordinarily mean in general use.</p> <p>2. Where the fintent of the legislature and the object and purpose of a law are plainly apparent, and such manifest intent and purpose are not inconsistent with, or outside the terms of, the law, it is not allowable to permit such intent or purpose to be defeated because not defined and declared in the most complete and accurate language.</p> <p>3. Chapter 2, Laws 1891, defining and punishing adultery, declared not to be invalid or inoperative on the ground of uncertainty.</p> <p>(Syllabus by the Court.</p>