...was made. Held, that the rula of statutory construction that a thing which is within the intention, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter, and u thing within the letter is not within the statute unless it be within the intention is equally appl...

...the law-making power when thus expressed. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of the statute Is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. Suckley v. Furse, 15 Johns. 338; People v. Insurance Co., Id. 358. " In US v. Freeman, 3 How. 556,...

...US, 624; Rogers vs. Kneeland, 10 Wend., 250. "And a thing within the intention of the makers of the statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter:" People vs. Utica Ins. Co., 15 Johns., 379; Kailroad Co. vs. Horst, 93 US, 300. In Harrington vs. Smith...

...Districts, Cent. Dig. §§ 17-22; Dec. Dig. § 15.*] 4. STATUTES (§ 183*)— CONSTRUCTION— SPIRIT OF LAW. A thing which is within the intention of the makers of a statute, although not within the letter, is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter. [Ed....

...Justice Thompson of this court), in People \. Ulica Ins. Co., 15 Johns. 358, 381: 'A thing which U within the intention of the makers of a statute is...unless it be within the intention of the makers." "Without going farther, numerous illustrations of this maxim are found in the reports of our own court....

...according to its letter nor its evident meaning. A thing which ia within the object, spirit, and meaning of a statute is as much within the statute as if it were within the letter of it. Id. 179. An action based on a personal wrong or injury other than one of those enumerated is...

...terms." 1 Kent, 461 ; People v. McClave, 99 NY 83, 89. " It is a familiar canon of construction that a thing which is within the intention of the makers...unless it be within the intention of the makers." Riggs v. Palmer^ 115 NY 506, 509. " It was held to be the duty of judges to make such a construction...

...chapter 314 of the Laws of 1906. It does not seem to us that they are within the spirit of the law, and a thing which is within the letter of the statute...statute, unless it be within the intention of the makers. (R/ggs v. Palmer, 115 NY 506, 509.) The city of New York has already paid $l7,74fi.53 for 106 acres...

...the environment of its creators than the same system might mean under a wholly different environment. "A thing which is within the intention of the makers" of a law "is as much within" the law "as if it were within the letter." United States v. Freeman, 3 How....

...applied the rule as enunciated in People ex rel. Atty. Gen. v. Utica Ins. Co. (15 Johns. 358) that "a thing which is within the intention of the makers...the statute, is not within the statute, unless it is within the intention of the makers." It was the clear purpose of Congress, in passing the Steagall...