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r l, X BICYCLES AS JPUGGAGB. Bicyclists have no doubt read with interest, iays the Law 'Journal, and probably with some disap- pointment. the'judgment of, Mr? Justice CJbiannell in the test action brought against the Great Nor.tnern Railway CoiTjpany to recover "the charge made' for the" carriage or a bicycle. Tte sole point for deciijibji was 'whether a bicycle wae ordinary luggage within the meaning of "the company's Act of 1850. Asl the learned judge remarked, it is easier to say what-isnot than what is ordinary luggage." Previous decision* show, indeed, that the term only" covers things- which ire intended for the personal use of the passenger, and which a traveller habitually takes for his use when away from home. At the present time ti- bi cle may be said to fulfil both these conditions. It does not,- howeVer, follow from-the authorities that every- thiing which a traveller habitually takes with him for his personal use is ordinary tnggage. The ex- pression, according to Mr. Justice Channell, conveys thefdeA of things^which are in boxes or bags, or, packed up in sdme other way., We ctertaihly think that such an idea'attaches to the term as it is used in .common speech. It *eem» to;follow that ordinary luggage must mean something whiqh' can be handled without much inconvenience/does not reqiiire much ,care'to protect it from injury-on the journey, and does hot occupy an unusual armoupt of space for an i,lrtiolp !of A bicycle not fulfil any ,,pf these conditions. afnd therefore tHe"decision't^tt it, is not ordinaiy luggage seems a rtasonable one. It may be that the Charges made by English railway companies for the carriage of bicycles are exorbitant; but that consideration is in no way relevant to the flatter whichr4ras in issue. C ) .1 .in'rLL'! 1 1'V" r1

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