 | William Packer Prentice - 1894 - 578 pages
...cannot think Congress intended to denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. Tin's has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This... | |
 | Washington (State). Supreme Court, Eugene Genroy Kreider - 1894 - 754 pages
...however, to follow the rule generally adopted by the courts, "that a thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute, because not...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Church of the Holy Trinity v. United States. 143 US 457 (12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 511). In the case just cited,... | |
 | 1897 - 1110 pages
...Contract Labor Law" (Church of Holy Trinity v. US, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511), in which the court says, "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." It should be remembered that the oft-quoted decision of Lord Tenterden in Rex v. Inhabitants of Barnaul,... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1897 - 822 pages
...the so-called "Alien Contract Labor Law,'' Rector, &c., v. U. S , U3 US, 57, in which the court says: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers." It should be remembered that the oft quoted decision of Lord Tenderden in King v. Inhabitants of Barham,... | |
 | Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - 1897 - 492 pages
...which to correctly interpret a statute. ln Smythe v. Fiske (33 Wall, 374, 380) this court declared that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not within its letter. The intention of the lawmaker... | |
 | 1897 - 840 pages
...which to correctly interpret a statute. In Smythe v. Fiske, 23 Wall. 374, 380, this court declared that : "A thing may be within the letter of the statute, and not within its meaning, and within its meaning, though not within its letter. The intention of the... | |
 | 1898 - 1026 pages
...excess. It seems to us that the allowance of- the plaintiff's claim would directly tend to defeat both. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or intention. But in this... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1898 - 1020 pages
...which to correctly interpret a statute. In Smythe v. Fiske (23 Wall, 374, 380) this court declared that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not within its letter. The intention of the lawmaker... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1899 - 792 pages
...other. But it was held that the spirit and intention of the act must control against the strict letter: It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...spirit, nor within the intention of its makers .... This is not the substitution of the will of the. judge for that of the legislator, for frequently words... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1899 - 788 pages
...intention of the act must control against the strict letter: It ie a luniiliar rule, that a tiling may he within the letter of the statute and yet not within...not within its spirit, nor within the intention of it-. makers .... This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator,... | |
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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. 
