 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - Law reports, digests, etc - 1900 - 804 pages
...itself, the courts are not at liberty to search for elsewhere. "Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with...this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural significance of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional history - 1857 - 770 pages
...nothing diminishing."ยง The Court of Appeals in New York says, " Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 700 pages
...See to the same effect, Citizens' Bank v. Parker, 192 US 73.) Whether we are considering an agreement "between parties, a statute or a constitution with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 724 pages
...Constitutional Limitations, (7th ed. p. 91,) is as follows: "To ascertain the meaning of the constitution the first resort in all cases is to the natural signification of the words used, in the order and grammatical arrangement in which the framers have placed them, and if, thus... | |
 | Nathan Howard (Jr.) - Civil procedure - 1862 - 612 pages
...authorities cited by him. He says, in considering a statute with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses....to the natural signification of the words employed. If thus regarded, the words embody a definite meaning, which VOL. XXIII. 2 Downing agt. Marshall. involves... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...force, and the law of each case was what the judge of the case " Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with...signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded... | |
 | Florida. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1869 - 744 pages
...demands. When "we interpret a Constitution, what we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To do this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural...signification of the words employed, in the order of arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If, thus regarded, the words... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 582 pages
...rule within which this case comes, saying : Lewis v. Doron. " Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 904 pages
...will soon come to be regarded as of little * " Whether we are considering an agreement between [* 57] parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view...signification of the words employed, in the order of grammatical arrangement in which the framers of the instrument have placed them. If thus regarded... | |
 | Theodore Sedgwick - Constitutional law - 1874 - 750 pages
...nothing diminishing." J The Court of Appeals in New York says, " Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a Constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing we are to seek is, the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases... | |
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Whether we are considering an agreement between parties, a statute, or a constitution, with a view to its interpretation, the thing which we are to seek is the thought which it expresses. To ascertain this, the first resort in all cases is to the natural... 
