State of West Virginia v. Dennis S.

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• concluding if a statute is susceptible to two constructions—one of which will promote the purpose of the statute and the second of which will defeat it—the courts will adopt the former
• concluding if a statute “is susceptible to two constructions — one of which will promote the purpose of the statute and the second of which will defeat it — [the] courts will adopt the former”

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