County of Will v. State

Statutes must be interpreted according to their intent and meaning and not always according to the letter; a thing within the statute, though not within the letter, and a thing within the letter is not within the statute, unless within the intention.

Perry v. Johnson County, 94 Ill. 214, 220;

Anderson v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co., 117 Ill. 26, 28;

People ex rel v. Gaulter, 149 Ill. 39, 47;

People ex rel v. City of Chicago, 152 Ill. 546, 551.

In consturing a statute, the courts are not confined to the literal meaning of the words of the statute, but the intention is to be gathered from…