 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
 | Albert H. Putney - 1908 - 392 sidor
...United States in the case of The Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States,4 in the following words: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full » Clifford, J., in Kohlsaat vs. Mur- • 143 TJ.... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1909 - 484 sidor
...commerce. The Supreme Court of the United States has laid down the proposition in more than one case 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; that the intention of... | |
 | 1910 - 548 sidor
...a church." Although it was conceded that the case came within the letter of the law the court said: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are... | |
 | Henry Campbell Black - 1911 - 776 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. Supreme Court - 1911 - 768 sidor
...181 US 283, 294; De Lima v. Bidwett, 182 US 1, 176; Dooley v. United States, 183 US 151, 154, 155. ' A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 463; Jones v. Guaranty &c. Co., 101 US 622, 626;... | |
 | William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord - 1911 - 808 sidor
...Congress intended to de- Congress. nounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asTerms used broader than mean... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - 1911 - 702 sidor
...legislature. Washington Terminal Co. v. Dist. of Col. 186. 4. A thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or within the intention of its makers. Id. 5. A guide to the meaning of a statute is found in the evil... | |
 | United States. Courts - 1912 - 768 sidor
...cannot think Congress intended 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... | |
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