Is a construction which supports, not destroys, the construction that supports, the enactment of a statute?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Miller v. Sutherland (Town), 1954 CanLII 187 (SK CA):
In Rex v. Countesthorpe (1831) 2 B & Ad 487, 109 ER 1224, at 1226, it is held as a rule of interpretation of a statute that: “ * * * that construction which supports, and not that which destroys, the enactment should be adopted.”
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