 | 1893 - 1164 páginas
...ns not to learl to injustice, oppression, or нп absurd consequence. It will always, therefore, bo presumed that the legislature intended exceptions...of the law, in such cases, should prevail over its letter. " ITS v. Kirby, 7 Wall. 482, 4SI!, 4S7. If it should be held that the city of Hoiton is not... | |
 | William Packer Prentice - 1894 - 578 páginas
...answer for murder. The court says: "All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter. The common sense of man approves the judgment mentioned by Puffcndorf, that the Bolognian law... | |
 | United States. Department of Justice - 1895 - 868 páginas
...States v. Kirty(7 Wall., 486), says: " All laws should receive a sensible construction ; general terms should be so limited in their application as not to...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter." It is another venerable canon of construction, frequently applied, that "The intent of the... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1895 - 650 páginas
...Statutory Con struct ion, Sec. 347). All Jaws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. (US r. Kirby, 7 Wall., 482). Whatever the legislative power may be, its acts onght never to be so construed,... | |
 | United States. Department of the Interior - 1895 - 652 páginas
...347). All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should- be so limited in tbeir application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, or an absurd consequence. (US r. Kirby, 7 Wall., 482). Whatever the legislative power may be, its acts ought never to be so construed,... | |
 | 1896 - 916 páginas
...Finch, Common Law, 75. 76; Noy, Maxims, 9th ed. 2; Doctor and Student, 18th' ed. 15. Ifi. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to lead to injustice, oppression, orto absurd consequence. Endlieh, Interpretation of statutes, §§ 258, 267; Perry County v. Jefferton... | |
 | 1899 - 634 páginas
...concerned, in applying the Act to the present case than there would be in the supposed case. It is often presumed that the Legislature intended exceptions to its language which would avoid absurd results. The illustrations referred to in the opinion of our brother ORLADY, in Lumberman's... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - 1901 - 792 páginas
...language of the late Justice FIELD: " All laws should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...of the law, in such cases, should prevail over its letter." US v. Eirby, 7 Wall. 486, 487. We must hold that the city had the power to adopt the general... | |
 | Joel Prentiss Bishop - 1901 - 1032 páginas
...for the supreme court of the United States, " should receive a sensible construction. General terms should be so limited in their application as not to...reason of the law in such cases should prevail over its letter." ' Still, — Meanings of words. — The meanings of the words are not to be lost sight of.... | |
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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... 
