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Opinions in Louisiana that cite State Ex Rel. Womack v. Jones, 10 So. 2d 213.

16 citing documents.

  • Thomas v. Insurance Corp. of America 633 So. 2d 136 La. 1994
    (1942); Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension, 214 La.
  • Succession of Payne v. Payne 426 So. 2d 1355 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1983
    Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension, 214 La.
  • Creech v. Capitol MacK, Inc. 287 So. 2d 497 La. 1973
  • Stein v. Town of Lafitte 266 So. 2d 516 La. Ct. App. 5th Cir. 1972
    Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension, 214 La.
  • Bonnette v. Karst 261 So. 2d 589 La. 1972
    Smith v. Town of Vinton, 209 La.
  • Matlack, Inc. v. Louisiana Public Service Commission 256 So. 2d 118 La. 1971
    Smith v. Town of Vinton, 209 La.
  • Hayes v. Orleans Parish School Board 237 So. 2d 681 La. 1970
  • Tannehill v. Tannehill 226 So. 2d 185 La. Ct. App. 3d Cir. 1969
    (1942): "The function of the courts of justice is to interpret the laws so as to give them the meaning which the lawmakers obviously intended them to have and not to construe them so rigidly as to give them absurd or ridiculous meanings."
  • Smith v. Flournoy 115 So. 2d 809 La. 1959
    Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension, 214 La.
  • Bartley, Incorporated v. Town of Westlake 111 So. 2d 328 La. 1959
    we held: “ * * * The function of the courts of justice is to interpret the laws so as to give them the meaning which the lawmaker obviously intended them to have, and not to construe them so rigidly as to give them absurd or ridiculous meanings.” As a guide we have the settled jurisprudence that
  • Flanagan v. A L & W Moore Trucking Contractors 100 So. 2d 289 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1958
  • Dore v. Tugwell 84 So. 2d 199 La. 1955
    Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension, 214 La.
  • Webb v. Parish Council of Parish 47 So. 2d 718 La. 1950
    this court stated that the function of the courts is to interpret the laws so as to give them the meaning which the lawmakers obviously intended them to have, and not to construe them so as to give them absurd or ridiculous meanings.
  • Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension 39 So. 2d 594 La. Ct. App. 1st Cir. 1949
    that *1007 “* * * The function of the courts of justice is to interpret the laws so as to give them the meaning which the lawmaker obviously intended them to have, and not to construe them so rigidly as to give them absurd or ridiculous meanings.” Act No. 212 of 1942 deals with a subj ect general
  • Berteau v. Police Jury of Parish of Ascension 39 So. 2d 594 La. 1949
    217, that *Page 1007 "* * * The function of the courts of justice is to interpret the laws so as to give them the meaning which the lawmaker obviously intended them to have, and not to construe them so rigidly as to give them absurd or ridiculous meanings."
  • Smith v. Town of Vinton 25 So. 2d 237 La. 1946