Yates v. Smith

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• authoritative interpretation of a statute by the highest state court puts words into the statute as definitely as if it had been so amended by the legislature
• authoritative interpretation of a statute by the highest state court puts words into the statute as definitely as if it had been so amended by the legislature

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