 | 1916 - 502 sider
...as it did in order to construe the statute as it did, said: "A thing which was within the intention of the makers of the statute, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be •within the intention... | |
 | 1883 - 416 sider
...Section 6, act of 1850. It is a maxim 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 it is evident that in this act Congress regarded a future filing of the required notice as essential... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1874 - 590 sider
...in order to find the meaning of the words. 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 unless it be within... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 sider
...in order to find the meaning of the words. 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 iB within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless * Tonnele v.... | |
 | Henry Billings Brown - 1876 - 620 sider
...law in any other than that case." Again, " 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." Again, at p. 391, " Every statute ought to be construed for the preventing of delay as much as possible."... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1877 - 648 sider
...statutes have established the propositions, 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 that a thing which is in the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within... | |
 | Charles Patrick Daly - 1878 - 618 sider
...statute, when ascertained, shoukL be followed. 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 (Holmes v. Carley, 31 NY 289 ; affi'g 32 Barb. 444 ; Chase v. NY Centl. RR Co. 26 NY iz - : see als?... | |
 | Irving Browne - 1880 - 638 sider
...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 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... | |
 | 1884 - 1902 sider
...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 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... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - 1881 - 808 sider
...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.... | |
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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... 
