| United States. Supreme Court - 1869 - 802 páginas
...to extend such exemption should be attributed to Congress unless clearly manifested by its language. All laws should receive a sensible construction. General...in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed Statement of the ease.... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - 1870 - 800 páginas
...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...in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence, and it will always be presumed that the legislature intended... | |
| 1921 - 510 páginas
...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....in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the Legislature intended... | |
| 1896 - 644 páginas
...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 as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always be presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions... | |
| Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frderick C. Seibold - 1877 - 764 páginas
...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 as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. US v. Kirby, 1 "Wall., 482. Moreover, if a literal construction... | |
| United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit), William Henry Clifford - 1878 - 766 páginas
...special and explicit provisions of the act. United States v. Coombs, Day r. Buffinton. 12 Pet. 72. " 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... | |
| 1884 - 1902 páginas
...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....in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended... | |
| 1882 - 1916 páginas
...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 lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, be presumed that the legislature intended... | |
| 1895 - 2084 páginas
...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 lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. It will always therefore be presumed that the legislature intended... | |
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