 | Joseph Tate - 1841 - 992 páginas
...principle, 'tis presumed, that, a thing within the equity of a statute and the intention of the makers, is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter. See Stowdl. v. Zoueh, l Plowd. 3Ü5; .SYradling v. Morgan, 205; Eijslon v. Stuild, "2 Plowd. 4(j4.]... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1843 - 900 páginas
...cartice. Bac. Abr. tit. Statute, Let. I. § 5. A thing which is within the intention of the makers is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. Ibid. Whenever this intention can be discovered, it ought to be followed, although such construction... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislative Assembly. House of Representatives - 1844 - 536 páginas
...legislature is to be resorted to in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within ihe intention of the makers of a statute, is as much within the statute as if it were within the Idler, -and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1845 - 852 páginas
...the words. Wimbish 9 Tailbois, Plowd. 57. 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. Zouch v. Stowell, Plowd. 366. These citations are but different illustrations of the rale, that the... | |
 | Matthew Bacon, Sir Henry Gwilliam, Charles Edward Dodd - 1846 - 708 páginas
...themselves in plain and clear words." Willes, 397. And see a similar opinion of Judge Chase, 4 Dall. 30, n.} A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter. Plow. 36G; Zouch v. Stowell, 10 Rep. 101. £ When the intention of the lawgiver is once ascertained,... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1846 - 798 páginas
...statutes, it is said, in The People v. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns. 358, that " A thing within the inten' tion is as much within the statute, as if it were within the letter ; ' and a thing within the letter, if contrary to the intention, is not ' within the statute." And see Griswold v.... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - 1854 - 930 páginas
...construction of statutes, it has always been held, that a thing within the intention of its trainers is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and that a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless it is within the intention of the... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1862 - 600 páginas
...a perfect description of the land, with a view to render the lien thereon for the tax operative. " A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter of the statute ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute, is not within the statute unless... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1860 - 600 páginas
...letter without it), and the objects the makers of it had in view, as intended to be given by them. " A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute" (or constitution, for there is no difference in the rules of construction applicable to them) "is as... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 páginas
...intention of the legislature is to be resorted to, i • in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers...the letter ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers ; and such... | |
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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... 
