Kenney v. Clark

Deen, Judge.

1. “ ‘Inclusio unius, exclusio alterius’ is a rule as old as the civil law of the Romans, and as sensible as it is venerable.” Atlanta Street R. Co. v. City of Atlanta, 66 Ga. 104, 108. “The general rule of construction applicable to all writings, constitutions, statutes, contracts, and charters, and even to ordinary conversations, is this: that general and unlimited terms are restrained and limited by particular recitals, when used in connection with them.” McCann v. Glynn Lumber Co., 199 Ga. 669, 677 (34 SE2d 839); Torrance v. McDougald, 12 Ga. 526 (2). Applying these rules it…