 | 1916 - 800 pages
...permit the spirit or reason of the law to prevail over its letter. 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. See Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 226 (1892). This... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1916 - 1122 pages
...commerce. The Supreme Court of the United States has laid down the proposition in more than one case that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning though not As the employe must be engaged in the interstate... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1917 - 776 pages
...This court reversed the judgment, and, in an elaborate opinion by Mr. Justice Brewer, declared that "It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." And the learned Justice further said: "This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases... | |
 | 1917 - 1450 pages
...This court reversed the judgment, and, in an elaborate opinion by Mr. Justice Brewer, declared that "it is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." And the learned justice further said: "This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases... | |
 | 1917 - 1340 pages
...such cases should prevail over its letter.' US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 19 US (L. ed.) 278. 'It is [79] a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter...spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This is not a substitution of the will of the judge of that of the legislator, for frequently words of general... | |
 | 1908 - 1368 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 application. This is not the substitution of the win of the judge for that of the legislator, for frequently words of general meaning are used in a... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1979 - 704 pages
...reliance upon a literal construction of §§703(a) and (d) and upon [our earlier ruling] is misplaced. It is a 'familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.' " ' Brennan turned to the legislative history and found that "Congress* primary concern" in enacting... | |
 | Puerto Rico. Office of the Attorney General - 1919 - 560 pages
...cannot think Congress intended 1o denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...within its spirit nor within the intention of its markers. ' ' The Circuit Court of Appeals in In Re Gardiner, 53 Fed. 1014, said that words may be —... | |
 | 1919 - 1292 pages
...jurisprudence it has been held 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, 1 Powd. 206, 75 ling. Reprint, 316, it was said : ''From whkh cases... | |
 | 1920 - 410 pages
...the total expenses plus the contribution amounted to more than $250.00. no contribution was required. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." Holy Trinity Church vs United States, 143 US 457. Pierce Rettew vs Philip Bloom of honorably discharged... | |
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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. 
