When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right, and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.
(Enacted 1872.)
Code Civ. Proc. § 1866, under OF THE GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF EVIDENCE.
Code Civ. Proc. § 1866
When a statute or instrument is equally susceptible of two interpretations, one in favor of natural right, and the other against it, the former is to be adopted.
(Enacted 1872.)