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... The Pacific Reporter - Página 1311893Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1884 - 1126 páginas
...permit it to be eluded by mere construction. "A thing which is withrn the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were...is not within the statute unless it be within the meaning of the makers." Suckley v. Furse, 15 Johns. (NY), 338; The People v. Utica Insurance Co., id.,... | |
| 1890 - 1268 páginas
...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 statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. The writers of laws do not always expn-ss their intention perfectly, but either excee... | |
| 1918 - 1116 páginas
...Brooklyn Bridge, 72 NY 527, 529; Heerwagen v. Crosstown St. Ry. Co. of Buffalo, . 179 NY 99, 71 NB 729. "A thing which is within the letter of the statute...within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509, 22 NE 188, 189 (5 LRA 340, 12 Am. St. Rep. 819) ;... | |
| 1886 - 1050 páginas
...admitted that this bridge comes within the letter of the statute, but it is not within its meaning. A thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be -.vithin the intention of the nlakers. 4 Bac. Abr. "Statutes," 468, (45.) In determining the meaning... | |
| United States. Board of Tax Appeals - 1937 - 1380 páginas
...Johns. (NT) 358, 381, 8 Am. Dec. 243, that "a thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were...letter, and a thing which Is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it Is within the Intention of the makers." Did the Congress... | |
| 1880 - 976 páginas
...was made. Held, that the rule of statutory construction that a thing which is within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute unless it be within the intention, is equally Applicable... | |
| 1880 - 968 páginas
...was made. Held, that the rula of statutory construction that a thing which is within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and u thing within the letter is not within the statute unless it be within the intention is equally appl... | |
| 1892 - 1276 páginas
...the law-making power when thus expressed. 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. Suckley v. Furse, 15 Johns. 338; People v. Insurance Co., Id. 358. " In US v. Freeman, 3 How. 556,... | |
| 1897 - 1136 páginas
...US, 624; Rogers vs. Kneeland, 10 Wend., 250. "And a thing within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter:" People vs. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns., 379; Kailroad Co. vs. Horst, 93 US, 300. In Harrington vs. Smith... | |
| 1913 - 1238 páginas
...LAW. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, although not within the letter, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. [Ed. Note.— For other cases, see Statutes. Cent. Dig. § 261; Dec. Dig. § 183.*] 5. LICENSES (§... | |
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