I remember a story recounted in my bar examination review course that I loved.
A man was ticketed for stopping and parking his car in an area where it a sign was clearly and conspicuously posted reading “No stoping zone”. And what was his defense?
- “Stoping” and “stopping” are two different words with entirely different meanings.
- “Stopping” means “coming or having come to a stop”
- “Stoping” means “(in mining) the excavation of a series of steps or layers in the ground or rock. ’Underground stoping and work on the smelters had been very costly’”
- He was ticketed for disobeying the “no stoping” sign when it was undisputed that he did not in fact stope.
- He could not be ticketed for stopping in a “no stoping” zone.
He won the case.
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