 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1916 - 720 pages
...information from which to discover the meaning of the language of a statute passed by that body. * * * The reason is, that it is impossible to determine...resort to the history of the times when it was passed." While the language used in the cases above cited was used as applicable to the construction of statutes... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1917 - 2042 pages
...broader rale of ascertaining the intention of the Congress "from the language used in the act and * * * by a resort to the history of the times when it was passed" (United States v. Trans-Missouri Freight Association. 166 US 290, 318, 17 Sup. Ct. 540, 41 L. Ed. 1007),... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 798 pages
...language of a statute passed by that body. United States v. Union Pacific Railroad Company, 91 IL S. 72, 79; Aldridge v. Williams, 3 How. 9, 24, Taney,...language used in the act, and, upon occasion, by a resort Opinion of the Court. to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1931 - 1014 pages
...construction was put upon an act by the members of the legislative body that passed it by resorticg to the speeches of individual members thereof. Those...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. The same court, however, in later decisions has greatly modified this doctrine by construction. For... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1897 - 792 pages
...Company, 91 US 72, 79; Aldridge v. Williams, 3 How. 9, 24, Taney, Chief Justice; Mitchell v. Greai Works Milling & Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648,...language used in the act, and, upon occasion, by a resort Opinion of the Court. to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such... | |
 | Railroad law - 1897 - 840 pages
...Co., 2 Story, 648, at page 653, Fed. Cas. No. 9,662; Reg. v. Hertford College, 3 QB Div. 693, at page 707. The reason is that it is impossible to determine...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. Cases cited supra, If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not intended... | |
 | 1897 - 550 pages
...& Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, at page 653 ; Queen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD 693, at page 707.) The reason is that it is impossible to determine...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1897 - 790 pages
...Taney, Chief Justice ; Mitchell v. Great Worh Milling & Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, 653 ; Qwen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD 693, 707. The reason is...language used in the act, and, upon occasion, by a resort Opinion of the Court. to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) If such... | |
 | Iowa. Board of Railroad Commissioners - Public utilities - 1897 - 492 pages
...Manufacturing Company, 2 Story, 648, at page 653; Queen v. Hertford College, 3 QBD, 693, at page 707 ) differ from each other; the result being that the...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, supra.) lf such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
 | Iowa. General Assembly - Iowa - 1898 - 1020 pages
...those who spoke might differ from each other; the result being that the only proper way to eomtrue a legislative act is from the language used in the...resort to the history of the times when it was passed. (Cases cited, lupra. If such resort be had, we are still unable to see that the railroads were not... | |
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The reason is that it is impossible to determine with certainty what construction was put upon an act by the members of a legislative body that passed it by resorting to the speeches of individual members thereof. Those who did not speak may not have... 
