Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The Northwestern Reporter - Page 3481893Full view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court, John Marshall - Exclusive and concurrent legislative powers - 1824 - 32 pages
...applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce undoubtedly is traffic, but it is something more : It is intercourse. It describes the...nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive... | |
| United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1824 - 990 pages
...undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more: it is intercourse. It describes the com1824. mercial intercourse between nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules fcr carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive... | |
| 1848 - 780 pages
...applic* ble to many objects to one of its sigaificationi. Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more ; it is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations and paM" nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse.... | |
| John Marshall - Constitutional law - 1839 - 762 pages
...applicable to many objects, to one of its significations. Commerce, undoubtedly, is traffic, but it is something more ; it is intercourse/^ It describes...nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1840 - 394 pages
...present case, there is nothing to justify such a limitation. Commerce undoubtedly is traffic ; but it is something more. It is intercourse. It describes the...nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches ; and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive... | |
| E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...That commerce was traffic, but it was also something more, it was intercourse. It was descriptive of commercial intercourse between nations and parts of nations, in all its branches, and was regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. That the mind could scarcely conceive... | |
| Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1864 - 772 pages
...imported goods." In the case of Gibbons v. Ogden, the court said : " Commerce is traffic ; but it is something more. It is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse." Again... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1910 - 718 pages
...Attorney, (GARNSEY, WOOD & LENNON, of counsel,) for appellant: Commerce undoubtedly is traffic, but it is something more, — it is intercourse. It describes...nations and parts of nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. Gibbons v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. 189;... | |
| Joseph Story - Constitutional law - 1865 - 384 pages
...present case, there is nothing to justify such a limitation. Commerce undoubtedly is traffic ; but it is something more. It is intercourse. It describes the...nations, and parts of nations, in all its branches ; and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse. The mind can scarcely conceive... | |
| Boston Board of Trade - Boston (Mass.) - 1866 - 218 pages
...Gibbons and Ogden, the Supreme Court of the United States said, that " commerce is traffic ; but it is something more. It is intercourse. It describes the commercial intercourse between nations in all its branches, and is regulated by prescribing rules for carrying on that intercourse." And again... | |
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