| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 720 pages
...Court, in considering this subject, said : "There is, too, a general acquiescence in the doctrine that debates in Congress are not appropriate sources of...resort to the history of the times when it was passed." While the language used in the cases above cited was used as applicable to the construction of statutes... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 2042 pages
...broader rale of ascertaining the intention of the Congress "from the language used in the act and * * * by a resort to the history of the times when it was passed" (United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association. 166 US 290, 318, 17 Sup. Ct. 540, 41 L. Ed. 1007),... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 798 pages
...Works Milling & Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, 653 ; Queen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD 693, 707. The reason is that it is impossible to determine with...language used in the act, and, upon occasion, by a resort Opinion of the Court. to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such... | |
| United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1931 - 1014 pages
...construction was put upon an act by the members of the legislative body that passed it by resorticg to the speeches of individual members thereof. Those...to the history of the times when it was passed. The same court, however, in later decisions has greatly modified this doctrine by construction. For example,... | |
| Railroad law - 1897 - 840 pages
...Story, 648, at page 653, Fed. Cas. No. 9,662; Reg. v. Hertford College, 3 QB Div. 693, at page 707. The reason is that it is impossible to determine with...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. Cases cited supra, If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not intended... | |
| 1897 - 550 pages
...Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, at page 653 ; Queen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD 693, at page 707.) The reason is that it is impossible to determine with...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
| Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Public utilities - 1897 - 492 pages
...Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, at page 653; Queen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD, 693, at page 707 ) differ from each other; the result being that the...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) lf such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
| Iowa. General Assembly - Iowa - 1898 - 1020 pages
...those who spoke might differ from each other; the result being that the only proper way to eomtrue a legislative act is from the language used in the...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, lupra. If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
| United States. War Department - 1899 - 842 pages
...cases in that court are cited, and the following language is used by Mr. Justice Peckham: "Debates iu Congress are not appropriate sources of information...resort to the history of the times when it was passed." Another rule of interpretation that most be applied in the construction of this statute is that no... | |
| United States. War Department - 1899 - 814 pages
...being that the only proper way to construe a legislative act is from the language used in the art, and, upon occasion, by a resort to the history of the times when it was passed." Another rule of interpretation that must be applied in the construction of this statute is that no... | |
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