JOHN H. JENKINS, APPELLANT,

v.

EDDIE B. JENKINS, APPELLEE

Citator

Cited By

• Johnson v. State, 602 So. 2d 1288 (Fla. 1992)
  …v. Larson, 46 So. 2d 186 (Fla.1950). Legislative intent is the polestar by which the courts must be guided. State v. Webb, 398 So. 2d 820 (Fla.1981); Singleton 46 So. 2d at 189; Philip Crosby Associates, Inc. v. State Board of Independent Colleges, 506 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Osteen v. Morris, 481 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). Legislative intent may be express or it may be gathered from the purpose of the act, the administrative construction of it, other legislative acts bearing upon the subject,…
• Johnson v. State, 578 So. 2d 419 (Fla. 5th DCA 1991)
  …v. Larson, 46 So. 2d 186 (Fla.1950). Legislative intent is the polestar by which the courts must be guided. State v. Webb, 398 So. 2d 820 (Fla.1981); Singleton, 46 So. 2d at 189; Philip Crosby Associates, Inc. v. State Board of Independent Colleges, 506 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987); Osteen v. Morris, 481 So. 2d 1287 (Fla. 5th DCA 1986). Legislative intent may be express or it may be gathered from the purpose of the act, the administrative construction of it, other legislative acts bearing upon the subject,…
• City OF NEW Smyrna Beach v. Bd. OF Trs. OF the Internal Improvement Tr. Fund, 543 So. 2d 824 (Fla. 5th DCA 1989)
  …tory construction is that a statute should be construed so as to ascertain and give effect to the legislative intent expressed in the statute. State v. Webb, 398 So. 2d 820 (Fla.1981); Philip Crosby Associates v. State Board of Independent Colleges, 506 So. 2d 490 (Fla. 5th DCA 1987). When a statute is in need of interpretation or construction, the courts should avoid giving it an interpretation that will lead to an absurd result or render the statute purposeless. Id. Another rule of statutory construction is…

Authorities Cited

• Balkwill Jones v. First Fed. Sav. & Loan Ass'n of Perry, 503 So. 2d 414 (Fla. 1st DCA 1987)