 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1854 - 684 pages
...before us. In expounding the Constitution of the United States, every woid [Holmes vs. Jennison et al.] must have its due force, and appropriate meaning ;...whole instrument, that no word was unnecessarily used, .r needlessly added. The many discussions which have taken place upon the construction of the Constitution,... | |
 | Orlando Bump - Constitutional law - 1878 - 474 pages
...which it is based. Passenger Cases, 7 How. 283; s. C. 45 Mass. 282. In expounding the Constitution, every word must have its due force and appropriate...no word was unnecessarily used or needlessly added. Ever)- word appears to have been weighed with the utmost deliberation, and its force and effect to... | |
 | Wisconsin. Supreme Court, Abram Daniel Smith, Philip Loring Spooner, Obadiah Milton Conover, Frederic King Conover, Frederick William Arthur, Frederick C. Seibold - Law reports, digests, etc - 1893 - 768 pages
...instruments." Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. 438. " In expounding the constitution," said TANKY, CJ, " every word must have its due force and appropriate...word was unnecessarily used or needlessly added." Holmes v. Jennison, 14 Pet. 571; State v. Pullman's PC Co. 64 Wis. 105. 1 It follows that the constitution... | |
 | Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1894 - 1024 pages
...instruments": Brown v. Maryland, 12 Wheat. 438. " In expounding the constitution," said Taney, CJ, " every word must have its due force and appropriate...no word was unnecessarily used or needlessly added ": Holnw.a v. Jennison, 14 Pet 571; State v. Pullman't PC Co., 64 Wis. 105. It follows that the constitution... | |
 | United States Brewers' Association - Brewing industry - 1920 - 216 pages
...the House as meaningless and superfluous notwithstanding the long settled doctrine of this court that "in expounding the Constitution of the United States...word must have its due force and appropriate meaning" (Holmes v. Jennison, 14 Peters 540, 570) and that "we are forbidden to assume, without clear reason... | |
 | James Francis Lawson - Constitutional history - 1926 - 408 pages
...exigencies of litigants and partizans who have interests to protect from the action of the Government. "In expounding the Constitution of the United States,...have proved the correctness of this proposition and shown the high talent, the caution, and the foresight of the illustrious men who framed it. Every word... | |
 | United States. U.S. Congress. House. Committee on Education - 1930 - 388 pages
...Constitution, sec. 912.) In Holmes v. Jennison (14 Pet., pp. 570, 571), t was said by Chief Justice Taney : " In expounding the Constitution of the United States,...word was unnecessarily used, or needlessly added. * * * No word in the instrument, therefore, can be rejected as superfluous or unmeaning." The arguments... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - Handicapped - 1930 - 156 pages
...Constitution, sec. 912.) In Holmes v. Jennison, 14 Pet., pp. 570, 571, it was said by Chief Justice Taney: "In expounding the Constitution of the United States,...word was unnecessarily used, or needlessly added. * * * No word in the instrument, therefore, can be rejected as superfluous or unmeaning." The arguments... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education - Vocational education - 1930 - 380 pages
...Constitution, sec. 912.) In Holmes v. Jennison (14 Pet., pp. 570, 571), t was said by Chief Justice Taney : " In expounding the Constitution of the United States,...word was unnecessarily used, or needlessly added. * * * No word in the instrument, therefore, can be rejected as superfluous or unmeaning." The arguments... | |
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In expounding the Constitution of the United States," said Chief Justice Taney in Holmes v. Jennison, 14 Pet. 540, 570, 571, "every word must have its due force, and appropriate meaning; for it is evident from the whole instrument, that no word was unnecessarily... 
