The rule of the common law that statutes in derogation thereof are to be strictly construed has no application to this code.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-2218
Common law; applicability
Applied in 3 court decisions — leading case ML Manager v. Jensen (2014)
Most recently applied in Huntington v. Pedersen (July 2016)
R.S.1867, Code § 1, p. 394; R.S.1913, § 8567; C.S.1922, § 9518; C.S.1929, § 20-2219; R.S.1943, § 25-2218.
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