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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

section 1942

Citation
section 1942
Parent Document
Western Land Office, Inc. v. Cervantes, 175 Cal. App. 3d 724 (1985)
Jurisdiction
California (state)
Effective Date
1985-12-13

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his own complaint about habitability—should have any lesser burden. There appears to be no rational basis for favoring one class of tenant over the other. Were we to allot a rebuttable presumption in favor of a “subdivision (a) tenant,” while denying the presumption to a “subdivision (c) tenant,” the result would border on the absurd. Statutory construction which leads to absurd consequences should be avoided. (People v. Colver (1980) 107 Cal.App.3d 277, 285 [165 Cal.Rptr. 614]; In re O’Neil (1977) 74 Cal.App.3d 120, 123 [141 Cal.Rptr. 338].)