 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 American Law Register - Side 2111855Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | 1892 - 1178 sider
...much within the statute as if it weve 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 it to be eluded." It is conceded that... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1892 - 830 sider
...as will reconcile both. [Warder v. Arelle, 2 Wash. 282.] " A thing which is within the letter of the statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." [6th Bac. Ab. 385.] The intention of the Legislature in the passage of this act, is sufficiently plain.... | |
 | 1892 - 704 sider
...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. The writers of law do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office - 1892 - 40 sider
...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 it to be eluded." (Bac. Abr. Stat.,... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - 1893 - 772 sider
...and fairly construed and not to be extended beyond cases clearly within both its letter and spirit. "A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...the statute unless it be within the intention of the maker." "Penal statutes are always to be strictly construed for the benefit of the citizens." "A statute... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Eugene Genroy Kreider - 1894 - 754 sider
...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 (22 NE Rep. 188). It was evidently the object and intention of the legislature,... | |
 | George A. Malcolm - 1916 - 824 sider
...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 the statute should be so construed as to advance the remedy and suppress the mischief contemplated... | |
 | Walter Thomas Dunmore - 1916 - 346 sider
...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. The writers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | 1917 - 1340 sider
...Church v. US 143 US 457, 12 S. Ct. 811, 36 US (L. ed.) 226. 'A thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the makers.' Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cow. (NY) 89. See also Ryegate v. Wardsboro, 30 Vt. 746; Murray v. Hobson. 10... | |
 | Henry Clifford Spurr, Ellsworth Nichols - 1918 - 1224 sider
...Heerwagen v. Crosstown Street R Co. 179 NY 99, 71 K E. 729. "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, 5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819, 22 K E. 180. The authority of the... | |
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