 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...  Annual Register - Page 257edited by - 1853Full view - About this book
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Land Office - Public lands - 1892 - 40 pages
...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 intention of the makers, and such construction ought to be put upon it as does not suffer it to be eluded." (Bac. Abr. Stat., 1,... | |
 | Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 830 pages
...as will reconcile both. [Warder v. Arelle, 2 Wash. 282.] " A thing which is within the letter of the statute, is not within the statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers." [6th Bac. Ab. 385.] The intention of the Legislature in the passage of this act, is sufficiently plain.... | |
 | Probate law and practice - 1892 - 704 pages
...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 intention of the makers. The writers of law do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 772 pages
...and fairly construed and not to be extended beyond cases clearly within both its letter and spirit. "A thing which is within the letter of a statute is...the statute unless it be within the intention of the maker." "Penal statutes are always to be strictly construed for the benefit of the citizens." "A statute... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 918 pages
...and purposes alone for which they are created and subsist. 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 coun* in determining the meaning of a statute are not confined to its words, but may regard its pur... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Eugene Genroy Kreider - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 754 pages
...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 intention of the makers." -Riggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506 (22 NE Rep. 188). It was evidently the object and intention of the legislature,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1148 pages
...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 Intention of the milkers." RÍRSS v. Palmer, (NY App.) У2 NB Rep. 189. It was evidently the ob'HuT. Code. | 281)4.... | |
 | William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 780 pages
...prevail over the literal use of terms. Legislative acts fall within the rule, and it has been well said that a thing which is within the letter of a"...the statute unless it be within the intention of the lawmakers. * * * A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute is as much within... | |
 | New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 1118 pages
...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 intention of the makers." (See, also, Matter of Meyer, 209 NY 386; Archer v. Equitable Life Assurance Society, 218 id. 18.) Similar... | |
 | Christopher Gustavus Tiedeman - Real property - 1897 - 800 pages
...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 intention of the makers. The writers of laws do not always express their intention perfectly, but either exceed it or fall short... | |
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