 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1886 - 988 pages
...that it will not cover a case like the present. In US v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 399, it is said that "when a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed...general or limited terms, the legislature should be understood to mean what they plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction.... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1168 pages
...yet, "when a law is plain and unambiguous, whether expressed in general or limited terms, the authors should be intended to mean what they have plainly...and consequently no room is left for construction. Possible or probable meanings, when one is plainly declared in the in- ¡ strument itself, the courts... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 956 pages
...presumption does not hold good in the particular case, nothing will remain, except to enforce it; and where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...and consequently no room is left for construction. Possible, or even probable, meanings, when one is plainly declared in the instrument itself, the courts... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1905 - 1068 pages
...they said what they intended to say. "When a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed to general or limited terms, the Legislature should be...and consequently no room is left for construction. Possible or even probable meanIngs, where one Is plainly declared in the Instrument Itself, the courts... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1282 pages
...where a law Is expressed In plain and unambiguous terms, whether those terms are general or limited, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they...and consequently no room is left for construction. United States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358, 399 [2 L. Ed. 304] ; Doggett v. Florida Railroad, 99 US 72... | |
 | Missouri. Courts of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 762 pages
...supreme court of the United States in the case of United States t>. fisher, 2 Cranch, 835, 390, that where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...intended to mean what they have plainly expressed. In Commonwealth v. Percavil, 4 Leigh. ( Virginia ) the defendant was held for killing hogs of another,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1889 - 778 pages
...expressed in plain and unambiguous terms, whether those terms are general or limOpinion of the Court. ited, the legislature should be intended to mean what they...and consequently no room is left for construction. United States v. Fisher, 2 Cranch, 358, 399 ; Dogyett v. Florida fiattroad, 99 US 72. There is even... | |
 | Lawrence Lewis, Adelbert Hamilton, John Houston Merrill, William Mark McKinney, James Manford Kerr, John Crawford Thomson - Railroad law - 1890 - 766 pages
...ordinary and usual meaning, and to be sufficiently perspicuous within itself to convey the intent. And ' where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be...and consequently no room is left for construction.' US v Fisher, 2 Cranch (US), 358; Cooley, Const. Lim. 68. And it is only when, after a consideration... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1890 - 1014 pages
...the presumption does not hold good in the particular case, nothing will remain except to enforce it. "Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it...have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is 1 People r. Morrell, 21 Wend. 563 ; 2 CampMI, J., in People ». Blodgett, Newell i: People, 7 NT 9;... | |
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Where a law is plain and unambiguous, whether it be expressed in general or limited terms, the Legislature should be intended to mean what they have plainly expressed, and consequently no room is left for construction. 
