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Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence · Benjamin Vaughan Abbott · 1879

Dictionary of Terms and Phrases Used in American or English Jurisprudence

In a statute exempting property from execution, the term wagon is intended to mean a common vehicle for the transportation of goods, wares, and merchandise of all descriptions; and does not include a hackney coach.

Quigley v. Gorham, 5 Cal. 418.

In such a statute, wagon should be construed as a generic term, and it includes a buggy.

Gordon v. Shields, 7 Kans. 320.

A one-horse wagon, with a spring seat and panelled sides, used only for the carriage of persons, was held a " pleasure carriage."

Moss V. Moore, 18 Johns. 128.

To the contrary, Pardee v. Blanchard, 19 Id. 442. Consult Carriage.