 All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions...  The Northwestern Reporter - Sida 4541910Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | 1884 - 1902 sidor
...the words.' Id. 587. See Donaldson v. Wood, 22 Wend. 399; Lake Shore Ry. Co. v. Roach, 80 KY 339. " 'All laws should receive a sensible construction....presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its lanyuaye which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail... | |
 | 1892 - 1912 sidor
...oppressive, and consequently a great injustice. In such cases, as was said in US v. Kirby, 1 Wall. 482, "it will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature...law in such cases should prevail over its letter." Congress might do this, but, in view of the harsh results to follow such a law, there should be positive... | |
 | 1894 - 2072 sidor
...the letter. In re Bomino's Estate, 83 Mo. 441. In UB v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 483, Mr. Justice Field said: "All laws should receive a sensible construction....injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will therefore be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results... | |
 | 1882 - 1916 sidor
...laws are to be so construed as to avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion; and general terms are to be so limited in their application as not to lead...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. In addition to the illustrations of this rule there given, we may refer to two instances furnished... | |
 | 1902 - 1128 sidor
...In such cases the authorities declare that the statute should receive a sensible construction ; that the reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter. Does the statute of Washington apply to the present case ? All the property mentioned, constituting... | |
 | 1904 - 1126 sidor
...statute, receive a sensible construction, and should not be interpreted so as to lead to an absurdity. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its strict letter. Tsoi Sim v. United States, 116 Fed. 920, 926, 54 CCA 154, and authorities there cited.... | |
 | Lorenzo Smith Boswell Sawyer, United States. Circuit Court (9th Circuit) - 1882 - 902 sidor
...laws are to be so construed as to avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion; and general terms are to be so limited in their application as not to lead...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. In addition to the illustrations of this rule there given, we may refer to Dist. Cul.] CASE OF THE... | |
 | 1883 - 818 sidor
...absurd conclusion. "General terms, said the Supreme Court, in a THE OHIO LAW JOURNAL. case before it, "should be so limited in their application as not...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter.1' (US vs. Kirby, 7 Wall, 482.) So the judges of England construed the law. which enacted that... | |
 | 1911 - 1168 sidor
...intended to include the particular act." In US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 480, 19 L. Ed. 278, it is said: "All laws should receive a sensible construction....law in such cases should prevail over its letter." Also, in Davis v. Bohle, 92 Fed. 325. 328, 34 С. С. A. 372, 375, It is said: "It is one of the fundamental... | |
 | United States. Comptroller of the Treasury - 1884 - 680 sidor
...reasonable and sensible construction. Thus Field, J., in United States r. Kirby, 7 Wall., said :— "All laws should receive a sensible construction....law in such cases should prevail over its letter." In view of this, it seems reasonable to hold that notice to the AttorneyGeneral is only required when... | |
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