 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1882 - 962 páginas
...interpretation are subordinate. State v. Bancroft, 22 Kans. 205. The letter does not always express the intent. "A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, i» as much within the statute as if it were within the letter ; and a VOL. XXXVII — 37 Intoxicating... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1883 - 680 páginas
...subtle to invent reasons and means" to give effect to the intent of the law-making power. (Id., 244.) "A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the meaning... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883 - 678 páginas
...would clearly not be within the letter of the statute. True, the old rule laid down by Bacon is, that "A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter. * * A thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within... | |
 | 1902 - 1172 páginas
...Mr. Justice Brewer quotes approvingly from the case of Holmes т. Carley, 31 NY 289, 290. as follows: "A thing which is within the intention of the makers...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 the... | |
 | 1911 - 1172 páginas
...353, IOC Рае. 362, this court announced the universal rule of statutory construction as follows: "A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as If it were within the letter. » * * Necessarily the courts must look to the statute itself, its history, or both, for the key to... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1884 - 932 páginas
...persuasive presumption of intent may bo overthrown only by words of clear and unmistakable import 349 A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter. . . 444 Where a provision iu an appropriation act, of general application, is uot expressly restricted... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1884 - 928 páginas
...persuasive presumption of intent may be overthrown only by words of clear and unmistakable import 349A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter... 444 "Wfaere a provision in au appropriation act, of geneml application, is not expressly restricted... | |
 | 1884 - 1126 páginas
...the legislative will, and not 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 within the letter; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1884 - 1116 páginas
...that they never intended or contemplated the exercise of such powers as were attempted in this case. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter is not within statute unless it be within... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1884 - 934 páginas
...persuasive presumption of intent may bo overthrown only by words of clear and unmistakable import 349A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute KB if it were within the letter... 444 Where a provision in an appropriation act, of general application,... | |
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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... 
