Johnson v. Merritt

Jun 27, 1892
Reporters:
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Before:
Gilfillan
Gilfillan, C. J.

This case comes within the decision in Spencer v. Haug, 45 Minn. 231, (47 N. ‍‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍W. Rep. 794.) The defendant’s right to a contract from the state depended not on any terms in the prior lease, but on the terms of ‍‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍the statute, (Laws 1889, ch. 22.) The decision in the case referred to was that the rule for computation of time in 1878 G. S. ‍‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍ch. 66, § 82, is intended to be a general rule, not only in matters of practice, but in the construction of statutes. By that rule, ‍‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍where the last day on which any act is to be done falls on Sunday, that day is excluded in the computation, and the act may ‍‌​​​​​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌‌‍be done on the following day. That was so in this case.

Order affirmed.