 A thing within the intention, is within the statute, though not within the letter ; and a thing within the letter, is not within the statute, unless within the intention.  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 235by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Marquis B. Eaton, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1900Full view - About this book
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 780 pages
...which is within the spirit of a statute is within the statute, although not within the letter; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention. Sisters of Charity v. City of Detroit, 9 Mich. 98, and cases there cited. The voter has not the right... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1901 - 704 pages
...Anylum, 19 Ohio St., 97. The intention may be collected from the cause of necessity of the act, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within its intention. Burgctt v. Burgctt, 1 Ohio, 409. The object of a statute and the mischief against which... | |
 | 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 - 1874 - 672 pages
...Rule 8, Ib. ' A thing within the intention, is within the statute, though not within the letter ; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention.' Rule 12, Ib. ' In the construction of a statute, every part of it must be viewed in connection with... | |
 | Texas. Court of Appeals - Criminal law - 1880 - 742 pages
...etfect, viz. : "A thing within the intention is within the statute, though not within the letter ; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention." Potter's Dwar. on Stat. 144 (8). " The real intention, when accurately ascertained, will always prevail... | |
 | Law - 1885 - 758 pages
...(/dm, No 7). "A thing within the intention is within the statute, though not within the letter; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention " (Idem, No î). Le bref d'injonction n'est d'ailleurs dans son acception qu'un véritable bref de... | |
 | Law - 1885 - 762 pages
...(Idem, No 7). " A thing within the intention is within the statute, though not within the letter; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention " (Idem, No 7). Le bref d'injonction n'est d'ailleurs dans son acception qu'un véritable bref de mandamus... | |
 | Sir Fortunatus Dwarris - Constitutional law - 1885 - 698 pages
...obscure.i£ 8. A thing within the intention, is within the statute, though not within the letter ; and a thing within the letter, is not within the statute, unless within the intention. e 9. Statutes should be interpreted according to the most natural and obvious import of their language,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 960 pages
...is within the intention is within the statute, though not within the letter, and that which may be within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention. Canal Com'rs v. Sanitary District, 184 111. 597, 56 NE 953. It is a well-established rule In the construction... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1196 pages
...by the words of the statute, will not presume such an Intention on the part of the lawmaklng body. "A thing within the letter is not within the statute unless within the intention." People v. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns. 380, 8 Am. Dec. 251. If the act of 1849 be repealed, then If a... | |
 | 1886 - 1076 pages
...upon, is odious. A thing within the intention is within the statute although not within the letter; and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention. If such rules may be applied in the interpretation of a statute as respects its subject, with stronger... | |
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