 | Iowa. General Assembly - 1884 - 1392 էջ
...concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our constitution,...they have said. If, from the imperfection of human lariguage, there should be serious doubts respecting the extent of any given power, It is a well settled... | |
 | 1884 - 948 էջ
...rule announced by Chief Justice MARSHALL, in Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 188, that the framersof the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. It is no answer to this view of the subject to say: "If the legislature can say that a greater number... | |
 | 1884 - 1006 էջ
...rule announced by Chief Justice Marshall in Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 188, that the framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. CoL] {, 'S1°° °f °f!lt ALEXANDER v. PEOPLE. 97 f tliof!lt t° effect the same, and thereby render... | |
 | Georgia. Supreme Court - 1884 - 934 էջ
...pp. 55, 56, 57, 58. Says Marshall, Ch. J., (Gibbons vs. Ogden, 9 Wheat., 188), "The framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must...employed words in their natural sense, and to have understood what they meant/' " This," remarks Judge Cooley (Const. Lim., p. 58 marg.). "is but saying... | |
 | 1918 - 1228 էջ
...Wheat. 1, 6 L. Ed. 23, at page 188, expresses the idea when he says that the framers of the Constitution must be understood to have employed words in their...natural sense and to have intended what they have said. The application of this rule would forbid forced or unnatural construction to be put upon the language... | |
 | 1884 - 940 էջ
...v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 188, that the framersof the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must he understood to have employed words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. It is no answer to this view of the subject to say: "If the legislature can say that a greater number... | |
 | 1891 - 1158 էջ
...have been employed in their natural and ordinary meaning. As MARSHALL, CJ, says, the framers of the constitution and the people •who adopted it 'must...understood to have employed words in their natural eense, and to have intended what they have said.' This is but Haying that no forced or unnatural construction... | |
 | Virginia. Supreme Court of Appeals - 1884 - 1012 էջ
...shall hold their office for a term of twelve years." Article six, section five. The framers of the constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to have employed these words in their natural sense, and to have intended what they have said. Nor can I doubt that... | |
 | John A. Grier - 1885 - 550 էջ
...generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the patriots who framed our Constitution, and the people...must be understood to have employed words in their naturai sense, and to have intended what they said." Gibbons vs. Ogden, 9th Wheaton, 188. In the construction... | |
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As men whose intentions require no concealment, generally employ the words which most directly and aptly express the ideas they intend to convey, the enlightened patriots who framed our Constitution, and the people who adopted it, must be understood to... 
