"The same construction should be given to the same language used in the same connection, in reference to a similar subject matter, when used in a statute, as when used in the Constitution."
How later courts described this case
- "The same construction should be given to the same language used in the same connection, in reference to a similar subject matter, when used in a statute, as when used in the Constitution."
Written by the judges who cited it.
The opinion
Sprague, J., dissenting:
This ease is not distinguished on any essential particular from the case of The People ex rel. Schoaff v. Parker, just decided. I adhere to my opinion, as expressed in that case, and am of opinion that the judgment in the present case should be reversed.