 | Alabama. Supreme Court, George Noble Stewart - 1830 - 654 sivua
...discover their meaning: that a thing within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter ; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, if contrary to the intention of it; that such a construction ought to be given, as will not suffer... | |
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1841 - 662 sivua
...property in the county. A thing within the intention is as much much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute if contrary to the intention of it. 15 7. R. 379. The Peers. Utica Ins. Co. By adverting to the first... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1891 - 780 sivua
...interpretation that a thing which is within the spirit of a statute is within the statute, although not within the letter; and a thing within the letter...not within the statute, unless within the intention. Sisters of Charity v. City of Detroit, 9 Mich. 98, and cases there cited. The voter has not the right... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1900 - 808 sivua
...analogous, and much of the reasoning of the judges who then spoke for the court is entirely applicable here. A thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention. The act of 1870 can have full effect in cases to which it can be applied, but, if there are cases to... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - 1857 - 630 sivua
...agt. Crane, supra.) Because a thing within the intention is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute if contrary to the intention of it. (The People agt. The Utica Insurance Co., 16 JR 358.) We think,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1919 - 716 sivua
..."Statutes must be interpreted according to the intent and meaning and not always according to the letter. A thing within the intention is within the statute...not within the statute unless within the intention." Perry County v. Jefferson County, 94 111. 214. Bearing in mind these general rules, it does not seem... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1914 - 714 sivua
...be enlarged or restricted according to its intent. A thing which is within the intention is regarded within the statute though not within the letter, and...not within the statute unless within the intention. When the intention can be collected from the statute, words may be modified, altered or supplied 263... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1921 - 696 sivua
...their real intent, having in mind- that a thing within the intention of the legislature is regarded within the statute though not within the letter, and...thing within the letter is not within the statute if not within the intention. A statute is passed as a whole and not in parts or sections, and therefore,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1911 - 712 sivua
...statutes. Statutes are to be interpreted according to the intent and meaning and not always according to the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention. 2. SAME — construction is preferred which will sustain constitutionality of the act. A construction... | |
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A thing within the intention is within the statute though not within the letter; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention. 
