 | Arthur Jerome Eddy - 1901 - 892 pages
...to correctly interpret a statute. In Smythe v. "Fiske (1874), 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 Treasury. Bureau of Navigation - 1902 - 524 pages
...Alabama, after observing that all laws should receive a reasonable construction, and that "a thing may lie within the letter of the statute, and yet not within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers," said: "A consideration of the whole legislation on the ¡subject of alien immigration, of the circumstances... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1903 - 796 pages
...southern district of Alabama, after observing that all laws should receive a reasonable construction, and that "*a thing may be within the letter of the statute,...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers," said: "A consideration of the whole legislation on the subject of alien immigration, of the circumstances... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1903 - 798 pages
...southern district of Alabama, after observing that all laws should receive a reasonable construction, and that "a thing may be within the letter of the statute,...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers," said: "A consideration of the whole legislation on the subject of alien immigration, of the circumstances... | |
 | 1905 - 970 pages
...intended to denounce with 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... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - 1905 - 562 pages
...intended to denounce with 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 nor the intention of its... | |
 | Le Baron Bradford Colt - 1906 - 190 pages
...conceded that the case came within the letter of the law. " It is a familiar rule," said the court, "that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...reports are full of cases illustrating its application." In support of its conclusion, the court cites from its opinion in United States v. Kirby : " All laws... | |
 | Le Baron Bradford Colt - 1906 - 188 pages
...conceded that the case came within the letter of the law. " It is a familiar rule," said the court, " that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...within the intention of its makers. This has been 7 often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application." In support of its... | |
 | Albert H. Putney - 1908 - 392 pages
...United States in the case of The Church of the Holy Trinity vs. United States,4 in the following words: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...has been often asserted, and the reports are full » Clifford, J., in Kohlsaat vs. Mur- • 143 TJ. 8., 457. phy, 96 U. 8., 153, 160. of cases illustrating... | |
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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. 
