State, Ex Rel. v. Superior Court of Marion County

Concurring Opinion.

Treanor, J.

I concur for the following additional reasons: In construing a series of statutes courts should seek to give effect to a clearly expressed general purpose of the General Assembly even though verbal gaps occur and even occasional expressions which, taken alone, are inconsistent with the general purpose or end. Special significance should be attached to provisions which would be rendered meaningless and unintelligible unless the statutes are construed to give full effect to the general purpose. The majority opinion points out “that the subject of banking and…