 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1867 - 426 páginas
...the Legislature is to be resorted to in order to discover their meaning. A thing 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 if contrary to the intention of it. Killip ?;. The Empire... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - 1867 - 440 páginas
...the Legislature is to be resorted to in order to discover their meaning. A thing 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 if contrary to the intention of it. 2 341 a 44 4 :»!)... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson - 1867 - 510 páginas
...intention of the makers of the statute is to be regarded. A thing within the intention of the makers, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. If any doubt arises on the words of the enacting part of a statute, the preamble may be resorted to... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - 1869 - 744 páginas
...changes the relation of parties, or impairs securities, or manifests unfairness, or delays remedies. A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter, ( Plowden, 366) and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless... | |
 | 1890 - 542 páginas
...cannot be doubted that they would have provided for it. It is a familiar canon of construction that 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. The writers... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1870 - 722 páginas
...thing which is within the intention of the maker of an instrument is as much within the instrument as if it were within the letter, and a thing which is within the letter of the instrument is not within the instrument, unless it be within the intention of the maker. (Holmes... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1884 - 806 páginas
...all that is necessary. The rule of statutory construction that a thing which is within the intention of a statute is as much within the statute as if it...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, is equally... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1873 - 500 páginas
...applicable to the present case is this : " A thing which is within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were...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... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1881 - 802 páginas
...construction of a new road Commissioners, &c. v. Young. as well as the repair of an old one. A thing within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute, as if within the letter. 9 Bacon Ab. 247. Such being the meaning of the statute, we are of the opinion that... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1914 - 632 páginas
...defeat the purpose of the legislature. '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.' " By the same doctrine, a thing which is clearly implied in the contract must be as much a part of... | |
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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... 
