The common law as modified by constitutional and statutory law, judicial decisions, and the conditions and wants of the people, shall remain in force in aid of the General Statutes of this state; but the rule of the common law, that statutes in derogation thereof shall be strictly construed, shall not be applicable to any general statute of this state, but all such statutes shall be liberally construed to promote their object.
K.S.A. 77-109
Common law
Applied in 6 court decisions — leading case Patton v. TIC United Corp. (1996)
Most recently applied in Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Morris (February 2007)
L. 1923, ch. 144, § 5; March 9; R.S. 1923, 77-109.
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Official source: Kansas Office of Revisor of Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Kansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.