 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1986 - 996 pages
...laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...law in such cases should prevail over its letter." United States v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 486-487 (1869). See also Helvering v. Hammel, 311 US 504, 510... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 802 pages
...laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed Statement of the ease. that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1870 - 800 pages
...laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed Statement of tbe case. that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...law in such cases should prevail over its letter. The common sense of the man approves the judgment mentioned by Putfendorf, that the Bolognian law,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 644 pages
...the streets should be punished with the and general terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always be presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid results of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 1916 pages
..."General terms," said the supreme court, in a case before it, "should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...prevail over its letter." US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482. So the judges of England construed the law which enacted that a prisoner breaking prison should be... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 2084 pages
...'General terms,' sai,d the supreme court, in a case before it, 'should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...prevail over its letter.' US v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482. So the judges of England construed the law which enacted that a prisoner breaking prison should be... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1892 - 1912 pages
...oppressive, and consequently a great injustice. In such cases, as was said in US v. Kirby, 1 Wall. 482, "it will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature...law in such cases should prevail over its letter." Congress might do this, but, in view of the harsh results to follow such a law, there should be positive... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1912 pages
...laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd...legislature intended exceptions to its language which would aiwid re. sidts of this character. The reason of the law in such cases should prevail over the letter."... | |
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All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions... 
