 It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute...  The New York Supplement - Página 1471904Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1878 - 1018 páginas
...Gossett, 43 111. 297; The People ex rel. v. Miner, 46 111. 384. A thing which is in the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. Bacon's Abridgment, title Statute, 385. "Where the intention of the legislature is not apparent to... | |
 | 1915 - 1228 páginas
...include the particular act." Trinity v. United States, 143 U. S. 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 226. "A thing which is within the letter of the statute...unless it be within the intention of the makers." Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cow. (NT) S9. See, also, Ryegate v. Wardsboro. ЯО Vt. 746 ; Murray v. Hobson,... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - 1879 - 826 páginas
...best answer the intention which the makers had in view ; and a thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. And a statute will sometimes receive such equitable construction as is contrary to the letter. These... | |
 | 1884 - 1902 páginas
...interpretation are subordinate. State v. Bancroft, 22 Kan. 206. "A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, is as much within the...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers; and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded." Holmes v. Carley,... | |
 | Irving Browne - 1880 - 638 páginas
...will, and not permit it to be eluded by mere construction. " A tiling which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute...is not within the statute unless it be within the meaning of the makers." 15 Johns. 338, 380. For these reasons we are of opinion that the statutes of... | |
 | 1902 - 2074 páginas
...that such was the intention of congress in the passage of the act. It Is a rule of construction that a thing which Is -within the letter of the statute...statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers of the law; and the court, in order to ascertain the intention of the law-making body, will look nt... | |
 | 1881 - 956 páginas
...designed to be embraced in it. And in Gates v. Nat. Bank, 100 US 239, 24-i, Mr. Justice Harlan says that "a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the meaning of the makers." In Whitney v. Emmett, Bald. 303, 316, it is said: " Laws are construed strictly... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1880 - 682 páginas
...but was designed to limit and cut. off their allowances. "A thing which is within the letter of tlie statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers " (Innes agt. Purcell, supra ; Holmes agt Cartey, 31 tf. Y., 289, 290). Rumsey & Miller, opposed. THE... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - 1881 - 808 páginas
...delivered. Id., 650See TRUSTS, 1 ; FRAUDS AND PERJURIES. Statutes. 1. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, is as much within the statute as if it were within its letter. McGregor v. Home Ins. Co., 181 See APPEAL, 3. Statutes of Great Britain. if and S3 Oar.... | |
 | 1900 - 1192 páginas
...construction seems contrary to the letter of the statute. » * • A thing -which is within the Intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if It were within the letter. * » * A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute, unless it be within... | |
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