North. Mut. Life Ins. v. New Fisheries Co.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• defining the phrase “concealed about his person” as used in an earlier version of section 22-3204
• purpose of predecessor statute was “the protection of the public from the menace of concealed ‘deadly or dangerous’ weapons”
• “the purpose of [the legislature] in the enactment of this law” was to protect the public “from the menace of concealed ‘deadly or dangerous’ weapons”
• The word “about” is a comprehensive term; and by using “about” rather than simply “on” the person, the statute was intended to reach 13 weapons “concealed in such proximity to the person as to be convenient of access and within reach.”
• “What was the purpose of Congress in the enactment of this law? Obviously, the protection of the pub-lie from the menace of concealed ‘deadly or dangerous’ weapons. No one familiar with present conditions will doubt the necessity for such a statute.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).