Dean Milk Co. v. City of Chicago

I cannot concur in the conclusions of the majority opinion. The term to be construed is “standard milk bottles.” Standard lexicographers define a bottle as a “hollow mouthed vessel of glass, wood, leather or other material for carrying liquids.” (Standard Dictionary and Cyclopedia.) “A vessel for holding, carrying or pouring liquids, having a neck and narrow mouth that can be stopped * * * any of the various receptacles serving as a bottle.” (Funk & Wagnall’s New Standard Dictionary.) Webster’s New. International Dictionary points out that the term “bottle” is so loosely used that the limit…