Carriage

See Vehicle; Automobile.

A vehicle used for the transportation of persons either for pleasure or business, and drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country; not including cars used exclusively upon railroads or street railroads expressly constructed for the use of such curs. 63 Wis. 97, 23 N. W. Rep. 425; 8 Kan. 84; 47 N.Y. 122; 46 N. H. 525; 5Q Dive 76. The act of carrying, or acontract for transporiation of persons or goods. The contract of carriage is a contract for the conveyance of property, persons, or messages from one place to another. Civil Code Cal. § 2055; Civil Code Dak. § 1208.

1. The act of carrying: transportation, conveyance; also, "that which carries or conveys. To the ordinary mind, does not convey the idea of a railroad or street railway car, nor of a wheeled vehicle for the transportation of merchandise or products used in ordinary business. The idea is a vehicle for the transportation of persons for pleasure or business, drawn by horses or other draught animals over the ordinary streets and highways of the country, and not that of a "car" used upon a railroad or street railway expressly constructed therefor. As yet, in this country, the" vehicles used for transporting passengers on railroads and street railways are generally called cars, occasionally coaches; seldom, if ever, carriages. The deflpition given by the older lexicographers of " carriage " was very general and indefinite, while that given in our own times is more in consonance with the restricted meaning of the word I [Johnson v. Hudson Eiver R. Co., 6 Duer, 646 (1837). = Dexter v. Mc Cready, 54 Conn. 172 (1886), Park, C. J. ' Read V. Morse, 34 Wis. 318 (1874), Lyon, J. See also 100 U. S. 195; 1 Flip. 13. ' [3 Pars. Contr. 87; 20 N. Y. 69.. 0 Seamans v. Loring, 1 Mas. 142 (1816), Story, J. » [Thwing V. Great West. Ins. Co., 103 Mass. 406-7 (1869), cases. Gray, J. as understood by people in general. In a bill of lading therefore, a " carriage " will not include a street car.' See Bicycle; Carrier; Pbeight; Vehicle. 2. Manner of carrying one's self, behavior. See Behavior; Lascivious.