 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
 | Charles L. Bonney - 1887 - 52 Seiten
...allowable to interpret what has no need of interpretation. It must be admitted that this bridge comus within the letter of the statute, but it is not within...its meaning. A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. In determining... | |
 | 1912 - 1204 Seiten
...Endlich, in his excellent work on the Interpretation of Statutes, says that it is an elementary rule "that a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be also within the meaning of the Legislature;" and in illustration he says: "If a literal meaning had... | |
 | 1913 - 1348 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... | |
 | 1912 - 1344 Seiten
...Interpretation of Statutes (page 33), says: 'But it is another elementary rule that a thing which Is within a letter of the statute Is not within the statute unless it be also within the meaning of the Legislature; and the words, If sufficiently flexible, must be construed... | |
 | 1904 - 1262 Seiten
...intent 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. Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509, 22 NE 188, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am.... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1936 - 1300 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 is within the intention of the makers." In Transit Comm. v. United States, 289 US 121, 125 : It (the... | |
 | 1914 - 1282 Seiten
...the makers of a statute Is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, while a thing within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. [Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Statutes, Cent Dig. § 261;... | |
 | 1917 - 1152 Seiten
...the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless within the intention of the makers. The maxim thus laid down by Lord Bacon is without doubt a general... | |
 | 1889 - 952 Seiten
...the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and athintr which is within the letter of the statute is not within the stutute unless it be within the intention of the makers. 2. No one shall be permitted to profit by... | |
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