 | Benjamin James Lea - 1882 - 828 стор.
...within the rule, and it has been well said, that a thing which is Brown r. Hamlett. . in the letter of a statute is not within the statute unless it be within the intention of the law makers: State v. Clarkscille, etc., T. Co., 2 Sneed, 88; Perkins v. Gibbs, 1 Baxt., 175; Gold v.... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - 1883 - 678 стор.
...much within the statute as if it were within the letter. * * A thing which is within the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." However ancient this rule may be, yet where the language of a statute is plain and unambiguous, there... | |
 | 1910 - 688 стор.
...such interpretation does not give the real intention of the legislature. (Endlich Interp. Stat. § 2.) A thing which is within the letter of the statute...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. Rlggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506. The legislature has provided with reference to the Penal Code that "The... | |
 | 1893 - 1182 стор.
...intention of the makers of u 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...within the statute, unless it be within the intention oí the makers, and such construction ought to be put upon It as does not suffer it to be eluded. "... | |
 | 1884 - 1126 стор.
...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 unless it be within the meaning of the makers." Suckley v. Furse, 15 Johns. (NY), 338; The People v. Utica Insurance Co., id.,... | |
 | 1885 - 536 стор.
...makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within 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, and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded (Tonnele v. Hall,... | |
 | New York (State). Courts, Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1885 - 672 стор.
...makers of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within 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, and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded (Tonnele agt. Hall,... | |
 | 1885 - 906 стор.
...within the intention of the 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...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers, applies as well to written instruments as to statutes. Insurance Co. v. Gridley, 10 Otto, 615. § 788.... | |
 | George Caines - 1885 - 616 стор.
...Co., 3 Cow. 89; 15 J. It, 380. Crocker v. Crane, 21 Wen. 21. 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. A penal statute is not to be extended by an equitable construction. Myers v. Faeter, 6 Oow. 567.... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - 1885 - 698 стор.
...concerning the removal of any poor person shall be brought, &c." b A thmg which is in the letter of a statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers, c The statute of Marlbridge, c. 4, prohibits generally the driving of a distress taken in one county,... | |
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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... 
