 | United States. Court of Claims - 1919 - 740 páginas
...when operated between all-steel cars. In Smythe v. Fiske, 23 Wall., 374, 380, the Supreme Court said that — "A thing may be within the letter of a statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning, though not within its letter. The intention of the... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1909 - 732 páginas
...within the familiar rule, to which you call attention, that " a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not...(Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States, 143 US 459.) This suggestion, I presume, is based upon the fact, referred to by Mr. Bonaparte in his opinion... | |
 | 1894 - 1170 páginas
...to be done. But it is contended on behalf of the respondent that the language used by the 'f ramers of the charter is so plain and unambiguous that this...nor within the intention of its makers." Church of Holy Trinity v. US, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct Rep. 511. In the case just cited many instances are mentioned... | |
 | 1897 - 1158 páginas
...that the allowance of the plaintiffs claim would directly tend to defeat both. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute,...within the statute, because not within its spirit or Intention. Holy Trinity Church v. US. 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511. But in this case the claim of... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1911 - 766 páginas
...182 US 1, 176; Dooley v. United States, 183 US 151, 154, 155. A thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute because not...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 463; Jones v. Guaranty &c. Co., 101 US 622, 626;... | |
 | 1901 - 1164 páginas
...case at bar. •It is a familiär rule,' said the court, 'that a thing may be within tbe letter of the statute, and yet not within the statute, because not...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of 'cases illustrating its application. Tliis... | |
 | 1918 - 1214 páginas
...Jurisprudence It has been held j a thing may be within the letter of the law and yet not within the law, because not within its spirit, nor within the Intention of its makers. In the case of Stradling v. Morgan, 2 Ellz. (First Plowden) 205, it was said: "From which" cases it... | |
 | 1905 - 1166 páginas
...penalties a transaction like the one in that case. The court went on to say that it Is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not be within the statute, because not within its spirit or the intention of its makers; that this Is not... | |
 | 1914 - 812 páginas
...designed to accomplish an object "not entrusted to the government." It has become almost axiomatic that "a thing may be within the letter of a statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not within its letter. The intention of the lawmaker... | |
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It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. 
