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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)

Citation
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)
Parent Document
University of Vermont & State Agricultural College v. Ward, 158 A. 778 (1932)
Jurisdiction
Vermont (state)
Effective Date
1932-02-04

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19 Vt. 230. Another guide to. the meaning of a statute is found in the evil which it is designed to remedy; and for- this the court may properly look at contemporaneous events, the situation as it existed, and as it was pressed upon the legislative body. Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 U. S. 457, 463, 36 L. ed. 226, 12 Sup. Ct. 511; Legg v. Britton, 64 Vt. 652, 658, 24 Atl. 1016; State v. Haskell, 84 Vt. 429, 432, 79 Atl. 852, 34 L. R. A. (N. S.) 286.