 | 1909 - 1208 halaman
...cannot think Congress intended to denounce with penalties a transaction likethat in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...has been often asserted, and the reports are full of eases illustrating its application. This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1909 - 484 halaman
...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 within its letter; that the intention of... | |
 | 1910 - 1314 halaman
...v. Kirby, 74 Ü. S. 482, 19 L. Ed. 218. See, also, United States v. Palmer, 16 US 631, 4 L. Ed. 471. "It Is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...spirit nor within the intention of Its makers. This is not a substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator, for frequently words of... | |
 | Iowa. Supreme Court - 1910 - 876 halaman
...Kirby. 74 IT. S. 482 (19 L. Ed. 278). See, also, United Slates v. Palmer, 16 US 631 (4 L. Ed. 471). "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This is not a substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator, for frequently words of... | |
 | 1910 - 548 halaman
...a church." Although it was conceded that the case came within the letter of the law the court said: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within...and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1911 - 768 halaman
...181 US 283, 294; De Lima v. Bidwett, 182 US 1, 176; Dooley v. United States, 183 US 151, 154, 155. ' A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 463; Jones v. Guaranty &c. Co., 101 US 622, 626;... | |
 | William Addison Blakely, Willard Allen Colcord - 1911 - 808 halaman
...Congress intended to de- Congress. nounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the...and yet not within the statute, because not within the spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asTerms used broader than mean... | |
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - 1911 - 702 halaman
...legislature. Washington Terminal Co. v. Dist. of Col. 186. 4. A thing may be within the letter of a statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or within the intention of its makers. Id. 5. A guide to the meaning of a statute is found in the evil... | |
 | United States. Courts - 1912 - 768 halaman
...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...application. This is not the substitution of the will of the jndge for that of the legislator, for frequently words of genera! meaning are used in a statute, words... | |
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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. 
