Superfluity does not vitiate.
Cal. Civ. Code § 3537
MAXIMS OF JURISPRUDENCE
Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case 15 Cal. 3d 328 - Glendale City Employees' Ass'n v. City of Glendale (1975)
Most recently applied in 243 Cal. App. 4th 759 - People v. Araujo (January 2016)
Enacted 1872.
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Official source: California Legislative Information. Reproduced from public-domain California statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.