State Ex Rel. Kuhl v. Kaiser

I dissent. Every part of the statute must be made operative, if it is possible to do so. (In re McLure's Estate, 68 Mont. 556,220 P. 527; City of Billings v. Public ServiceCommission, 67 Mont. 29, 214 P. 608; Daley v. Torrey,71 Mont. 516, 230 P. 782; Stange v. Esval, 67 Mont. 301,215 P. 807.) Statutes must be so construed that no word therein is to be considered meaningless, if such a construction can be reasonably found that will give it effect. (In re McLure'sEstate, supra; Daley v. Torrey, supra; State ex rel. Foot v. District Court, 77 Mont. 290, 250 P. 793, 49 A.L.R. 398;Mid-Northern Oil…