State v. Cleveland

Citations

• 83 Ohio St. (N.S.) 61

Syllabus

<p>Statute may include by inference — Case not originally contemplated, when — Statute making it unlawful to throw stone at railroad car — Includes interurban or traction car — Interpretation of statutes.</p> <p>A statute may include *by inference a case not originally contemplated when it deals with a genus within which a new species is brought. Thus a statute making it unlawful to willfully throw a stone at a railroad car includes an interurban or traction railway car, although such cars were not known or in use at the time the statute was enacted.</p>