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" It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. "
Official Opinions of the Attorneys General of the United States: Advising ... - Page 431
by United States. Department of Justice - 1909
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The Federal Reporter: Cases Argued and Determined in the ..., Volumes 179-180

1910 - 2132 pages
...regardless of specified exceptions in the statute it does not apply to such cases. "It Is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the Intention of Its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases Illustrating its application. This...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 114

1911 - 1168 pages
...its service as rector and pastor of the church. In that case the court said: "It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 221

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1911 - 766 pages
...181 US 283, 294; De Lima v. Bidwell, 182 US 1, 176; Dooley v. United States, 183 US 151, 154, 155. A thing may be within the letter of the statute and...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. Holy Trinity Church v. United States, 143 US 457, 463; Jones v. Guaranty &c. Co., 101 US 622, 626;...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 63

1901 - 1164 pages
...application to the case at bar. •It is a familiär rule,' said the court, 'that a thing may be within tbe letter of the statute, and yet not within the statute,...its spirit nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of 'cases illustrating its application. Tliis...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 34

1894 - 1170 pages
...however, to follow the rule generally adopted by the courts, "that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not within the statute, because not...nor within the intention of its makers." Church of Holy Trinity v. US, 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct Rep. 511. In the case just cited many instances are mentioned...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 173

1918 - 1214 pages
...Jurisprudence It has been held j a thing may be within the letter of the law and yet not within the law, because not within its spirit, nor within the Intention of its makers. In the case of Stradling v. Morgan, 2 Ellz. (First Plowden) 205, it was said: "From which" cases it...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 166

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1897 - 798 pages
...which to correctly interpret a statute. In Smythe v. Fiske, 23 Wall. 374, 380, this court declared that " a thing may be within the letter of the statute and not within its meaning, and within its meaning, though not within its letter. The intention of the...
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The Pacific Reporter, Volume 49

1897 - 1158 pages
...would directly tend to defeat both. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of a statute, and yet not within the statute, because not within its spirit or Intention. Holy Trinity Church v. US. 143 US 457, 12 Sup. Ct. 511. But in this case the claim of...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court, Volume 143

United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 764 pages
...intended to denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule, that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...its spirit, nor within the intention of its makers. This has been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases illustrating its application. This...
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United States Supreme Court Reports, Volume 36

United States. Supreme Court - 1892 - 1132 pages
...intended to denounce with penalties a transaction like that in the present case. It is a familiar rule that a thing may be within the letter of the statute...within the statute, because not within its spirit, nor \\itlim the intention of its makers. This bas been often asserted, and the reports are full of cases...
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