Deaney v. Linen Thread Co.

I join in the dissent of Mr. Justice Hehee, but in addition I cannot subscribe to the view of the majority that a statement attached to a bill by its introducer aids in any way in the determination of the intent of the Legislature with respect to the measure passed. This unreliable form of extrinsic “aid” to the determination of the legislative idea intended by the text of a statute has been slowly finding its way into our judicial expressions, De Vita v. Housing Authority of City of Paterson, 17 N. J. 350, 111 A. 2d 497 (1955); Rogers v. Dept. of Civil Service, 17 N. J. 533, 111 A. 2d 894…