What is the test for an interpretation of the California Civil Code of Civil Procedure?

California, United States of America


The following excerpt is from Fishman v. Fishman, 117 Cal.App.3d 815, 173 Cal.Rptr. 59 (Cal. App. 1981):

" ' "(I)n construing a statute the courts may consider the consequences that might flow from a particular interpretation. They will construe a statute with a view to promoting rather than to defeating its general purpose and the policy behind it. " ' " (City of Costa Mesa v. McKenzie (1973) 30 Cal.App.3d 763, 770, 106 Cal.Rptr. 569.)

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