 | 1881 - 956 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | 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...it be within the intention of the makers ; and such const ruction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded." Holmes v. Carley, 31 NY... | |
 | Benjamin James Lea - 1882 - 828 Seiten
...within the rule, and it has been well said, that a thing which is Brown r. Hamlett. . in the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the law makers: State v. Clarkscille, etc., T. Co., 2 Sneed, 88; Perkins v. Gibbs, 1 Baxt., 175; Gold v.... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883 - 678 Seiten
...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 the intention of the makers." However ancient this rule may be, yet where the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, there... | |
 | 1894 - 1170 Seiten
...intention of the makers of a statute Is aa much within the statute as If It were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...unless it be within the intention of the makers." Rlggs v. Palmer, (NY App.) 22 NE Rep. 189. It was evidently the ob«Hill'i Code, i 289Í. ject and... | |
 | 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...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. Rlggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506. The legislature has provided with reference to the Penal Code that "The... | |
 | 1893 - 1182 Seiten
...intention of the makers of u 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...within the statute, unless it be within the intention oí the makers, and such construction ought to be put upon It as does not suffer it to be eluded. "... | |
 | 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 Co., id.,... | |
 | 1885 - 536 Seiten
...the 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...construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded (Tonnele v. Hall, 4 J\TY 140). Now in my view of the grammatical structure of the sentence,... | |
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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... 
