 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...  Southern Reporter - 165 페이지1925전체보기 - 도서 정보
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 774 페이지
...to be resorted to, * Tonnele t». Hall, 4 Comstock, 140. in order to find the meaning of the words. A thing which is within the intention of the makers...within the statute, unless it be within the intention pf the makers ; and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded."*... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - 1857 - 770 페이지
...construction of the statute, although Buch construction seems contrary to the letter of the statute ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...unless it be within the intention of the makers.§ The precise meaning of the rule will be best understood by a more minute reference to the adjudged... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1861 - 722 페이지
...against the letter, in order to preserve the intent of the statute; for a thing which is in the letter is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. (Smith on Stat. Con. 820, § 701. Bacon's Abr. stat. IT. 15 John. 380. 5 id. 449. 2 Burr. H. 786. 3... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1861 - 698 페이지
...be collected from a particular provision, or from the general context. Second : A thing which is in the letter of the statute, is not within the statute, unless it be the intention of the makers. With these tests Mr. D. proceeded to an elaborate and technical investigation... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1862 - 586 페이지
...much 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 intention of the makers." (Id.) " In construing a statute the intention of the legislature is a fit and proper subject of inquiry."... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1866 - 716 페이지
...construction of the statute, although such construction be contrary to the letter of the statute ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. (Sedg. on Stat. and Com. Law, 296. Bac. Ab. Stat. 1. Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cowen, 89, 96. The People... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Appeals, George Franklin Comstock, Henry Rogers Selden, Francis Kernan, Erasmus Peshine Smith, Joel Tiffany, Edward Jordan Dimock, Samuel Hand, Hiram Edward Sickels, Louis J. Rezzemini, Edmund Hamilton Smith, Edwin Augustus Bedell, Alvah S. Newcomb, James Newton Fiero - 1866 - 724 페이지
...construction seems contrary to the letter of the statute. (People v. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns., 358.) A thing within the letter of the statute, is not within the...statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. (Jackson v. Collins, 3 Cow., 89 ; James v. Patten, 2 Seld., 9 ; People v. Draper, 15 NY, 532; The Kingv.... | |
 | United States. Court of Claims, Audrey Bernhardt - 1957 - 1028 페이지
...268 US 85, 90, we applied the rule laid down in People v. Utica Ing. Co., 15 Johns. 358, 381, that "a thing which is within the intention of the makers...the statute, is not within the statute, unless it is within the intention of the makers." Referring to the bill which became the Internal Revenue Code... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court, William Johnson - 1867 - 510 페이지
...alluded to may properly be applied here ; that although a thing be within the letter of the statute, it is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. The surplus funds may, no doubt, be loaned at interest. The second section of the act prohibits the... | |
 | 1868 - 318 페이지
...construction of the statute, although such construction seems contrary to the letter of the statute ; and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. The precise meaning of the rule will be best understood by a more minute reference to the adjudged... | |
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