 | Tracy Philpot - 1913 - 326 pages
...reached by the act must limit and control the literal import of the terms and phrases employed.'' (372) "All laws should receive a sensible construction....to injustice, oppression or an absurd consequence. The reason of the law should prevail over its letter." (372) §277 Legislative Action Never Conclusive.... | |
 | Alabama. Court of Appeals, Lawrence H. Lee - 1913 - 774 pages
...consequences. — Ex partc Rowe, 254. (Statute; Construction; General Terms. — General terms in a statute should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression or absurd consequences. — Greek-A.. P. Co. v. lH. CRR Co., 377. Same; Pcnal Sfotufe.— Penal statutes... | |
 | 1913 - 1050 pages
...sensible construction, and that general terms when used in a statute should be so limited in fhelr application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 19 L. Ed. 278. [8] It is also true that charters of municipal corporations... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1916 - 1122 pages
...Justice Field in delivering the opinion of the Supreme Court in United States v. Kirby, 7 Wai.. 482; "All laws should receive a sensible construction....not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd conseqxience. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislation intended exceptions to its... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature. Senate - 1916 - 1538 pages
...Dek field v. Bratlij. 108 XY 524, 52!).) In Jucol)xon v. ,1/Vrv.s1.. 197 I". S. 11, the Court says: "All laws should receive a sensible construction....limited in their application as not to lead to injustice or absurd consequences. It will always be presumed that the Legislature intended exception to its language... | |
 | Tien-Lu Li - 1916 - 150 pages
...avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion. 'General terms,' said the Supreme Court in a case before it, 'should be so limited in their application as not...injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence.' " so This, it seems to me, instead of being a justification for more strict legislation, was a suitable... | |
 | George A. Malcolm - 1916 - 824 pages
...inconsistent with the meaning of an act as a whole, it should be rejected. In such cases, he said, it must be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language which would avoid such results.178 Again in the Flag Law Case Mr. Justice Moreland said that literally hundreds of cases... | |
 | 1917 - 1340 pages
...statute be absurd, the act must be so construed as to avoid the absurdity.' State v. Clark, 29 NJL 96. 'All laws should receive a sensible construction....presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions to ite language which would avoid results of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury - 1917 - 948 pages
...Downer Co. (T. D. 30228; Dec. 28, 1909.) General terms: All laws should be interpreted so as to give a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to an absurd or ridiculous result. (TD 34819—GA 7609; Oct. 7, 1914.) History of legislation: The bottle... | |
 | United States. District Court (Hawaii) - 1918 - 1016 pages
...illegal and without power." The construction adopted in the cited case seems to follow the rule that "all laws should receive a sensible construction....to injustice, oppression or an absurd consequence. . . . The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter." United States v. Kirby,... | |
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All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions... 
