 | 1915 - 1228 str.
...its letter." United States v. Kirby, 74 US (7 Wall.) 482, 19 L. Ed. 278. "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. * * * This is not the substitution of the will of the judge for that of the legislator, for frequently... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1911 - 766 str.
...181 US 283, 294; De Lima v. Bidwell, 182 US 1, 176; Dooley v. United States, 183 US 151, 154, 155. A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 463; Jones v. Guaranty &c. Co., 101 US 622, 626; Smythe v. Fiske, 23 Wall. 374, 380; United States... | |
 | 1911 - 1168 str.
...service as rector and pastor of the church. In that case the court said: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This... | |
 | 1901 - 1164 str.
...application to the case at bar. •It is a familiär rule,' said the court, 'that a thing may be within tbe letter of the statute, and yet not within the statute,...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of 'cases illustrating its application. Tliis... | |
 | 1894 - 1170 str.
...however, to follow the rule generally adopted by the courts, "that 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." Church of Holy Trinity v. US, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct Rep. 511. In the case just cited many instances... | |
 | 1897 - 1158 str.
...would directly tend to defeat both. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or Intention. Holy Trinity Church v. US. 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511. But in this case the claim of... | |
 | 1918 - 1214 str.
...Jurisprudence It has been held j 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, 2 Ellz. (First Plowden) 205, it was said: "From which" cases it... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 1132 str.
...to denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and...within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor \\itlim the intention of its makers. This bas been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases... | |
 | Tennessee. Supreme Court - 1893 - 836 str.
...kind of labor or service was intended to be reached by the first section. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute, and...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This is not the substitution of the will of the Judge for that of the legislator, for frequently 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. 
