88a. It is not a new thing that prior statutes shall give place to later ones. Dig. 1. 3. 26; 1. 1. 4; Broom, Max. 3d. Lond. ed 27.88d. A particular case, left unprovided for by statute, must be disposed of according to the law as it existed prior to such statute. Broom, Max. 46.88e. Things introduced contrary to the reason of law ought not to be drawn into a precedent. 12 Coke, 75; Dig. 1, 3, 14; Dig. 50, 17.88i. One absurdity being allowed (established as precedent), an infinity follow. 1 Coke, 102.88o. It is perilous to introduce new and untried things (laws). Co. Littl. 379a.
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