 | Law - 1886 - 942 pages
...technical interpretation it is not within its letter. It is the spirit and purpose of a statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation; and if these...construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some provision of the statutes A reasonable... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 956 pages
...interpretation it is not within its letter. It is the spirit and the purpose of a statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation; and if these...construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although euch construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some provisions of the statute. A... | |
 | Indiana. Supreme Court, Horace E. Carter, Albert Gallatin Porter, Gordon Tanner, Benjamin Harrison, Michael Crawford Kerr, James Buckley Black, Augustus Newton Martin, Francis Marion Dice, John Worth Kern, John Lewis Griffiths, Sidney Romelee Moon, Charles Frederick Remy - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 682 pages
...technical interpretation it is not within its letter. It is the spirit and purpose of a statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation ; and if these...construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some provisions'of the statute. A... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 1254 pages
...interpretation is not always to be adhered to. It is the spirit and purpose of the statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation, and, if these...construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some of the provisions of the statute. A reasonable construction should be adopted in all cases where there... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1218 pages
...interpretation, it is not within its letter. It is the spirit and purpose of the statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation; and, if these...construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some provision of the statute." Now,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1904 - 1246 pages
...is the spirit and purpose of a statute which is to be regarded in its interpretation, and. If this find fair expression in the statute, It should be so construed as to carry out legislative intent, even though such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of gome of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1190 pages
...interpretation, and if those find fair expression in the statute It should be so construed as to carry out legislative intent, even though such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some of the provisions of the statute. A reasonable construction should be adopted in all cases where there... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1102 pages
...within its letter. It is the spirit and purpose of the statute which are to be regarded by us. The law should be so construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even though such construction be contrary to the literal meaning of some of the words used therein. People v. Lacombe, 99 NY 49,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 1096 pages
...a statute which are to be regarded in its interpretation; and, if these find fair expressions intbe statute, it should be so construed as to carry out the legislative intent, even although such construction is contrary to the literal meaning of some provisions of the statute. A... | |
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A strict and literal interpretation is not always to be adhered to, and where the case is brought within the intention of the makers of the statute, it is within the statute, although, by a technical interpretation, it is not within its letter. It is... 
