Topic: the common law is changed by statute only if the statute ov… · Go Syfert
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4 canonical passages across 2 cases, quoted by 23 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side: they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Langle v. Kurkul.

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1 Langle v. Kurkul Anchor
vt · 1986
green “the common law is changed by statute only if the statute overturns the common law in clear and unambiguous language, or if the statute is clearly inconsistent with the common law, or the statute attempts to cover the entire subject matter.” 12
2 E. B. & A. C. Whiting Co. v. City of Burlington
vt · 1934
green “rules of the common law are not to be changed by doubtful implication, nor overturned except by clear and unambiguous language.” 5
3 Langle v. Kurkul
vt · 1986
green “attempts to cover the entire subject matter.” 4

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