 In their exercise it has been customary in England from time immemorial, and in this country from its first colonization, to regulate ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of...  Annual Report of the Illinois State Bar Association - Page 100by Illinois State Bar Association - 1887Full view - About this book
 | District of Columbia. Court of Appeals - Law reports, digests, etc - 1915 - 714 pages
...ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, innkeepers, etc., and in doing so to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold." Munn v. Illinois, 94 US 113, 125. 24 L. ed. 77, 84. The word "taxicab" has come into use as aptly descriptive... | |
 | American Bar Association - Bar associations - 1887 - 464 pages
...ferries, common carriers, hackmen, bakers, millers, wharfingers, inn-keepers, etc., and in so doing to fix a maximum of charge to be made for services rendered, accommodations furnished, and articles sold." The courts have uniformly traced to this source the power of the State to pass laws of this nature.... | |
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