 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 Northeastern Reporter - Seite 1311886Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | 1884 - 1902 Seiten
...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 unless it be within the intention of the makers; and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer... | |
 | Irving Browne - 1880 - 638 Seiten
...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 unless it be within the meaning of the makers." 15 Johns. 338, 380. For these reasons we are of opinion that the... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1882 - 962 Seiten
...within the statute as if it were within the letter ; and a VOL. XXXVII — 37 Intoxicating Liquor Cases. thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers ; and such const ruction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer... | |
 | 1910 - 688 Seiten
...such interpretation does not give the real intention of the legislature. (Endlich Interp. Stat. § 2.) A thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. Rlggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506. The legislature has provided with... | |
 | 1884 - 1126 Seiten
...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 unless it be within the meaning of the makers." Suckley v. Furse, 15 Johns. (NY), 338; The People v. Utica Insurance... | |
 | 1885 - 536 Seiten
...makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter of the statute, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not 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... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1885 - 672 Seiten
...makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter of the statute, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not 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... | |
 | 1886 - 800 Seiten
...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 unless it be within the intention of the makers. And such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1886 - 926 Seiten
...intention of the framers of the law is as much within the statute as if it were within its letter; " and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." People v. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns. 380, 381. So may the letter... | |
 | 1888 - 940 Seiten
...in the construction, though that construction may seem contrary to the statute.' It is said a thing within the letter of the statute 'is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, and such construction ought to be put on as does not suffer it... | |
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