 It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.  The Northwestern Reporter - Sida 4541910Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | United States. Judge-Advocate-General's Department. War Department - 1898 - 204 sidor
...application of a principle of statutory construction. "It is a familiar rule," say the Supreme Court, ' ' that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This is not... | |
 | 1898 - 1026 sidor
...excess. It seems to us that the allowance of- the plaintiff's claim would directly tend to defeat both. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or intention. But in this... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1898 - 1020 sidor
...which to correctly interpret a statute. In Smythe v. Fiske (23 Wall, 374, 380) this court declared that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not within its letter. The intention of the lawmaker... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1899 - 792 sidor
...other. But it was held that the spirit and intention of the act must control against the strict letter: It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...within the intention of its makers .... This is not the substitution of the will of the. judge for that of the legislator, for frequently words of general... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1899 - 788 sidor
...intention of the act must control against the strict letter: It ie a luniiliar rule, that a tiling may he within the letter of the statute and yet not within...not within its spirit, nor within the intention of it-. makers .... This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1901 - 1504 sidor
...think **" ' Congress iniended to denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This is not... | |
 | 1901 - 1170 sidor
...was held that the act had no application to the case at bar. 'It Is a familiar rule,' said the court, 'that a thing may be within the letter of the statute,...spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This is not... | |
 | United States. Army. Office of the Judge Advocate General - 1901 - 940 sidor
...application of a principle of statutory construction. "It is a familiar rule." say the Supreme Court, "that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This is not... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Eugene Glenroy Kreider - 1901 - 884 sidor
...was held that the act had no application to the case at bar. 'It is a familiar rule,' said the court, 'that a thing may be within the letter of the statute,...spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This is not... | |
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