 | New York (State). Courts, Nathan Howard (Jr.), Rowland M. Stover - 1885 - 672 páginas
...the 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...construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded (Tonnele agt. Hall, 4 tf. Y., 140). Now in my view of the grammatical structure of the sentence,... | |
 | 1885 - 906 páginas
...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.... | |
 | 1890 - 1166 páginas
...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...statute unless it be within the intention of the makers. The writers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | George Caines - 1885 - 616 páginas
...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 páginas
...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,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1885 - 914 páginas
...the intent and meaning of a legislator." Potter's Dwarr., 175. "A thing which is in the letter of a statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the maker." Potter's Dwarr., 180. The Ordinance and statutes now under consideration, evidently contemplate... | |
 | 1888 - 940 páginas
...in the construction, though that construction may seem contrary to the statute.' It is said a thing within the letter of the statute 'is not within the...the makers, and such construction ought to be put on as does not suffer it to be eluded.' So, in Holl v. Deshler, 71 Pa. St. 299: ' Every part of a statute... | |
 | Isaac Grant Thompson - 1886 - 926 páginas
...intention of the framers of the law is as much within the statute as if it were within its letter; " and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...unless it be within the intention of the makers." People v. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns. 380, 381. So may the letter of the statute be enlarged or restrained... | |
 | 1900 - 1134 páginas
...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.' Вас. Abr. tit 'Statute,' I, 5." Id. 557. The object of a statute is to be regarded, and all parts... | |
 | 1886 - 944 páginas
...within both its letter and spirit. This rule is well settled: "A thing which is within the letter of a statute is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." 4 Bac. Abr. "Statutes," § 45. "Penal statutes are always to be strictly construed for the benefit... | |
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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... 
