 | 1888 - 532 sider
...construction seems contrary to the strict letter of the act; for a thing which is within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. (Decided October 28, 1887.) Appeal by plaintiff from order vacating attactment. The plaintiff sued... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1936 - 1300 sider
...Utica, Ins. Go., 15 Johns, 358, 381, that " a thing which IB 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 is within... | |
 | 1904 - 1262 sider
...absurdity. It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the 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... | |
 | 1889 - 952 sider
...E. PALMER et at., Batpt». Í....N. Y ) 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 the letter; and athintr which is within the letter of the statute is not within the stutute unless it be within... | |
 | Henry Norris Copp - 1890 - 690 sider
...Statutes, and it is self-evident that this was the intention of Congress. "A thing within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter." 3 How., 565, United ^iates vs. Freeman. FINAL PROOF NOTICES. Acting Commissioner STONE to Registers... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - 1890 - 1014 sider
...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, unless it be within... | |
 | Illinois. Appellate Court, Edwin Burritt Smith, Martin L. Newell - 1891 - 706 sider
...bonds, was forbidden by law, or was improper. " A thing which is within the object, spirit and meaning of the statute, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter." Potter's Dwarrison Stat., 179. Holding this contract not invalid, or against public policy, we would... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office - 1892 - 40 sider
...often gives meaning to words otherwise obscure and doubtful. A thing which is 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 which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be within... | |
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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... 
