Wilson v. Beckwith
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from St. Louis City District Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) In interpreting a statute, the whole of it must he considered, and if in one section provisions are introduced which show the sense in which the legislature employed a doubtful phrase used, that sense is. to be adopted in construing such phrase. Every part must be construed in connection with the whole so as to make all parts harmonize.
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Appeal from St. Louis City District Court. — Hon. L. B. Valliant, Judge. (1) In interpreting a statute, the whole of it must he considered, and if in one section provisions are introduced which show the sense in which the legislature employed a doubtful phrase used, that sense is. to be adopted in construing such phrase. Every part must be construed in connection with the whole so as to make all parts harmonize. State to use v. Heman, 70 Mo. 411; Washington Market v. Hoffman, 11 Otto, 112; Platt'v. Railroad, 9 Otto (98 U. S.), 48. (2) The object of all rules of interpretation is to discover…
1Opinion of the CourtBlack, P. J.
— This was an action of ejectment to recover possession of fqrty acres of land in Mississippi county. The cause was transferred from that county to. St. Louis, where there was a trial, and judgment for defendant. As the case is one of much importance', because of other suits depending upon the same titles, we deem it proper to state the facts with some detail.
On the ninth of February, 1853, congress passed an act (10 Hnited States Statutes, 155), granting to the states of Arkansas and Missouri a right of way through the public lands for a railroad from a point on the Mississippi river…
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