Beckman v. Bemis-Hooper-Hays Co.

I am unable to concur in the views of the majority. The precise question for decision is whether sec. 340.70 prohibits the sale of such fireworks as are mentioned in sub. (3) by a wholesaler to a retailer for resale.

In construing a statute it is the duty of the court to ascertain if possible, from the language of the law itself, construing it according to its common and approved usage, the meaning which the legislature intended. State ex rel. Madison v. Industrial Comm. 207 Wis. 652, 242 N. W. 321, and cases cited therein. When the words of a statute are not explicit the intention of the…