 | United States. Supreme Court - 1921 - 1160 páginas
...States, 152 US 570, 38 L. ed. 556, 14 Sup. Ct. Rep. 720. A thing may be within the letter of a statute, yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 US 457, 36 L. ed. 226, 12 Sup. Ct. Rop. 511. General... | |
 | 1921 - 492 páginas
...does not require a vain thing. "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 intentions of its makers." Holy Trinity Church vs United States, 143 US 457, 459. We think this principle,... | |
 | 1922 - 560 páginas
...In Holy Trinity Church vs United States, 143 US 457, 459, it is said : "Tt is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute, because not within it spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." In the same case it is said, page 463 : "Again,... | |
 | William Otis Badger - 1919 - 808 páginas
...in the present case. It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the c»->nite and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor v. uhin the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases... | |
 | United States - 1923 - 1256 páginas
...legislative intent, should govern its classification for duty. Burr & Hardwick v. US, 9 Ct. Cust. App. 71. A thing may be within the letter of a statute and...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. Д31па Explosives Co. v. US, 9 Ct. Cust. App. 298, certiorari granted US v. Л51па Explosives Co.,... | |
 | Charles William Bacon, Franklyn Stanley Morse - 1924 - 424 páginas
...transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. . . . This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator, for frequently... | |
 | 1922 - 1084 páginas
...that not only may the same words have different meanings in different connections, but also that — "A thing may be within the letter of a. statute, and...Its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 220; I.au v. United States,... | |
 | 1910 - 1050 páginas
...it does not apply to such cases. "It Is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases Illustrating its application. This... | |
 | 1908 - 1104 páginas
...of 12 Sup. Ct. [36 L. Ed. 226]): "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, not within the intention of its makers." Again, in the recent case of Tobacco Co. v. Werckmeister (decided... | |
 | 1926 - 1118 páginas
...general language may be construed to admit implied exceptions. 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 the makers. Thus in Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 Ü. S. 457, 12 S. Ct. 611, 36... | |
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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. 
