 | United States. Circuit Court (7th Circuit), Josiah Hooker Bissell - 1874 - 590 páginas
...doutful, the intention of the legislature is to be resorted to, 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... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1874 - 750 páginas
...doubtful, the intention of the Legislature is to be resorted to, in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers...as if it were within the letter; and a thing which iB within the letter of the statute is not within the statute, unless * Tonnele v. Hall, 4 Comstock,... | |
 | 1883 - 416 páginas
...expressed in those acts, and restored the provisions of Section 6, act of 1850. It is a maxim that "a thing which is within the intention of the makers...the statute as if it were within the letter ;" and it is evident that in this act Congress regarded a future filing of the required notice as essential... | |
 | 1916 - 502 páginas
...the boy any share in the estate, the court reasoned in this manner : "A thing within the intentfon of the makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were in the letter; and a thing that is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless... | |
 | Henry Billings Brown - 1876 - 620 páginas
...particular case, this shall not be extended to alter the common law in any other than that case." Again, " A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter." Again, at p. 391, " Every statute ought to be construed for the preventing of delay as much as possible."... | |
 | United States. Circuit Court (2nd Circuit) - 1877 - 648 páginas
...statute. Well settled principles in the construction of statutes have established the propositions, that a thing which is within the intention of the makers...the statute as if it were within the letter ; and that a thing which is in the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the... | |
 | Charles Patrick Daly - 1878 - 618 páginas
...Dresser v. Brooks, 3 Barb. 429). (3.) The intention of the statute, when ascertained, shoukL be followed. A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute as if it were within the letter (Holmes v. Carley, 31 NY 289 ; affi'g 32 Barb. 444 ; Chase v. NY Centl. RR Co. 26 NY iz - : see als?... | |
 | 1884 - 1902 páginas
...governs, and to that all mere rules of interpretation are subordinate. State v. Bancroft, 22 Kan. 206. "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... | |
 | Irving Browne - 1880 - 638 páginas
...expression of the legislative will, and not permit it to be eluded by mere construction. " A tiling which is within the intention of the makers of a statute...the letter ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute is not within the statute unless it be within the meaning of the makers." 15 Johns.... | |
 | John Hoff Stewart - 1881 - 808 páginas
...whether the afiairs of a corporation are wound up by the court or the officers of the corporation. ~>. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, ia as much within the statute as if it were within its letter. On application for injunction. Heard... | |
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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... 
