Tolleson Lumber Co. v. Kirk

How courts have described this case

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• a statute should be construed to “square with common sense and sound reasoning” and to avoid “unreasonable or absurd consequences not contemplated by the legislature”
• a statute should be construed to “square with common sense and sound reasoning” and to avoid “unreasonable or absurd consequences not contemplated by the legislature”

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Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Massey v. Allstate Insurance Company
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-24· cited 8×
• City of Atlanta v. Sumlin
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2002-11-14· cited 7×
• Georgian Art Lighting Designs, Inc. v. GWINNETT COUNTY BOARD OF TAX ASSESSORS
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1993-11-30· cited 6×
• Ussery v. Goodrich Restoration, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2017-05-16· cited 5×
• Lfr Investments, LLC v. David Van Sant
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 2020-05-04

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance v. Five Transportation Co.
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1980-10-01· cited 38×
• Mansfield v. Pannell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1990-02-15· cited 11×
• Stacey v. Caldwell
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1988-02-23· cited 8×