 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1870 - 880 pages
...resort may be had to the title, and even then it has little weight. Hodden v. The Collector, 107. 2. What is termed the policy of the government with reference to any particular legislation is too unstable a ground upon which to ittst the judgment of the court in the interpretation of statutes.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1898 - 2046 pages
...based upon some supposed policy of congress. But, as declared In Hadden v. Collector, 5 Wall. 107, 111, 'what is termed the policy of the government with...different persons. It is a ground much too unstable to rest the judgment of the court on in the Interpretation of statutes.' 'Where the language of the... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 2268 pages
...Hadden v. The Collector, 5 Wall. 107, 111, 18 L. Ed. 518, Justice Field, speaking for the court, said: "What Is termed the policy of the government with reference to any parttcnlar legislation Is generally a very uncertain thing, upon which all sorts of opinions, each... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 1122 pages
...manifestly Incident to the employment" Endlich, Interpretation of Statutes, § 5, says: "What Is called the 'policy' of the government with reference to any particular legislation Is said to be too unstable a foundation for the construction of a statute. The clear language of a statute... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - United States - 1882 - 810 pages
...and Const. L., 200, п.; Maxwell vs. Collins, 8 Ind., 38 ; Broom's Leg. Max., 646.) What is called the policy of the Government with reference to any particular legislation, is too unstable a ground upon which to rest a decision in the interpretation of statutes. (Iladden vs.... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 766 pages
...respect it. They have no function to declare a public policy, nor to amend legislative enactments. "What is termed the policy of the Government with reference to any particular legislation," as this court has said, " is generally a very uncertain thing, upon which all sorts of opinions, each... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 892 pages
...construing acts increasing duties on imports for the purpose of increasing the revenues of the country-. What is termed the policy of the government with reference to any particular legislation is generally uncertain, and is a ground too unstable upon which to rest the judgment of the court in the interpretation... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1164 pages
...Collector, 5 Wall. Ill, 18 Ii. Ed. 518, Mr. Justice Field, delivering the opinion of the court, said: 'What is termed the policy of the government with...uncertain thing, upon which all sorts of opinions, each varying from the other, may be formed by different persons. It is a ground much too unstable upon which... | |
 | J. Kendrick Kinney - Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 520 pages
...an amendment without duo reference to the original bill. Blake v. National Banks, 23 Wai. 307. 26. What is termed the policy of the government with reference to any particular législation is too unstable a foundation for a judgment of the court in the interpretation of a statute.... | |
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What is termed the policy of the Government with reference to any particular legislation," as this court has said, "is generally a very uncertain thing, upon which all sorts of opinions, each variant from the other, may be formed by different persons.... 
