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| Law - 1920 - 496 pages
...are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or -the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing vessel to the steamship, and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these... | |
| Law - 1917 - 510 pages
...the kind of vessel powers of Congress in the regulation of interstate commerce and in other matters "keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developments of times and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailing... | |
| American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1878 - 820 pages
...to the instrumentalities of com" merce or the postal service known or in use when the Consti" tution was adopted, but they keep pace with the progress...They extend from the horse, with "its rider, to the stage-coach; from the sailing vessel to the "steamboat; from the coach and steamboat to the railroad;... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 808 pages
...granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with...progress of the country, and adapt themselves to the new developrpents of time and circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach,... | |
| David Rorer - Conflict of laws - 1879 - 470 pages
...carrying on the same.3 In the language of the United States supreme court, WAITE, CJ, such powers " keep pace with the progress of the country, and adapt...sailing vessel to the steamboat; from the coach and steamboat to the railroad; and from the railroad to the telegraph, as these new agencies are successively... | |
| Law - 1879 - 924 pages
...The powers thus granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the Constitution was adopted ; but they keep pace...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stage-coach, from the sailingvessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad,... | |
| American Bar Association - Law - 1905 - 980 pages
...are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce, or the postal service, known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with...to the new developments of time and circumstances." (Pcnsacola Telegraph Co. vs. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 US 1.) Mr. Justice Miller said that the... | |
| American Bar Association - Law - 1887 - 460 pages
...instrumentalities of commerce known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but that they keep paca with the progress of the country, and adapt themselves...to the new developments of time and circumstances ; and he adds: "The government of the United States, within the scope of its powers, operates upon... | |
| United States. President - United States - 1880 - 1080 pages
...granted are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce or the postal service known or in*nse whou the constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with...circumstances. They extend from the horse with its rider to the stagecoach, from the sailing vessel to the steamboat, from the coach and the steamboat to the railroad,... | |
| Law - 1880 - 920 pages
...* "are not confined to the instrumentalities of commerce or the postal service known or in use when the Constitution was adopted, but they keep pace with...They extend from the horse, with its rider, to the stage-coach ; from the sailing-vessel to the steamboat ; from the coach and steamboat to the railroad... | |
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