 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1986 - 996 pages
...literal interpretation of the statute, the error of its analysis is patent. It is a hornbook proposition that "[a]ll laws should receive a sensible construction....to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 802 pages
...to extend such exemption should be attributed to Congress unless clearly manifested by its language. All laws should receive a sensible construction. General...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed Statement of the ease. that the legislature intended exceptions... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Courts - 1870 - 800 pages
...arrest and detention when accused of felony, in the forms prescribed by the Constitution and laws. 6. All laws should receive a sensible construction. General...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence, and it will always be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would... | |
 | Law - 1921 - 510 pages
...punished or endamaged." In the United States v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 486 (19 L. Ed. 278), this court said: "All laws should receive a sensible construction....to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions to its language, which... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 644 pages
...Bolognian law which enacted "that whoever drew blood in the streets should be punished with the and general terms should be so limited in their application...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always be presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions to its language, which would avoid... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1877 - 764 pages
...96; Henry v. Tilson, 17 Vt., 479: People v. Admire, 39 111., 251; U. £ v. The Hunter, Pet. CC, 10. General terms should be so limited in their application...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. US v. Kirby, 1 "Wall., 482. Moreover, if a literal construction be put upon this act, it is not only... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1902 pages
...the words.' Id. 587. See Donaldson v. Wood, 22 Wend. 399; Lake Shore Ry. Co. v. Roach, 80 KY 339. " 'All laws should receive a sensible construction....to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its lanyuaye which... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 2084 pages
...avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion. 'General terms,' sai,d the supreme court, in a case before it, 'should be so limited in their application as not...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always therefore be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to its language which... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1882 - 1916 pages
...avoid an unjust or an absurd conclusion. "General terms," said the supreme court, in a case before it, "should be so limited in their application as not...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended exceptions to 'its language which... | |
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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... 
