 | United States. Department of Agriculture. Office of the General Counsel - 1914 - 878 էջ
...143 US 457, 459, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 512, 36 L. Ed. 226 : It is a. familiar rule that » thing may he within the letter of the statute, and yet not within...within its spirit, nor within the intention of its inukers. This tins been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application.... | |
 | 1914 - 1338 էջ
...words employed, but the familiar rule must be applied, "that a thing may be within the ' letter of tbe statute, and yet not within the statute, because not...its spirit, nor within the Intention of its makers." Rothschild v. Adler-Weinberger S. 8. Co., 130 Fed. 866, 867, 65 CCA 350. All costs and damages "All... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 1266 էջ
...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 letter of the statute...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has often been asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This... | |
 | 1916 - 800 էջ
...permit the spirit or reason of the law to prevail over its letter. 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. See Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 459, 12 Sup. Ct. 511, 36 L. Ed. 226 (1892). This... | |
 | William Wheeler Thornton - 1916 - 1122 էջ
...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 As the employe must be engaged in the interstate... | |
 | 1917 - 1450 էջ
...judgment, and, in an elaborate opinion by Mr. Justice Brewer, declared that "it is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers." And the learned justice further said: "This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases... | |
 | 1917 - 1340 էջ
...prevail over its letter.' US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 19 US (L. ed.) 278. 'It is [79] a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute,...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This is not a substitution of the will of the judge of that of the legislator, for frequently words... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1918 - 1214 էջ
...States ex rel. Anderson v. Burke, 9fl Fed. 896; Moffltt v. United States, 63 CCA 117, 128 Fed. 375. A -thing may be within the letter of the statute and...within the intention of its makers. Church of the Holv Trinity v. United States, 143 US 457^ 459, 36 L. ed. 226, ±28, 12 Sup. Ct. Rep. 511. All laws... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Labor Statistics - 1979 - 704 էջ
...construction of §§703(a) and (d) and upon [our earlier ruling] is misplaced. It is a 'familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers.' " ' Brennan turned to the legislative history and found that "Congress* primary concern" in enacting... | |
 | 1908 - 1368 էջ
...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 letter of 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. This... | |
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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. 
