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5 Cal. 418

Quigley v. Gorham

California Supreme Court

Decided July 1, 1855

California Supreme Court · decided 1855-07-01

<p>Appeal from the District Court of the Twelfth Judicial District, San Francisco County.</p>

Cited by 3 later decisions — most recently December 1927

3 state decisions

Cited in Abbott (1879)’s definition of “Wagon” · Black's (1910)’s definition of “Wagon”

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Decided 1855-07-01

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Heydenfeldt, J., delivered the opinion of the Court.

¶1Murray, C. J., concurred.

¶2The words of a statute must be interpreted according to their common acceptation. In the Act which exempts certain articles from execution, the term “ wagon” is intended to mean a common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandize of all descriptions. A hackney coach used for the conveyance of passengers is a different article, and does not come within the equity or literal meaning of the Act.

¶3Judgment reversed, and canse remanded;

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