...commerce, and is unconstitutional. Adalr v. US, 208 US 161. Telegraph and telephone companies. — A telegraph company occupies the same relation to...of commerce and their business is commerce itself. Telegraph Co. v. Texas, 105 US 460. Ships and shipping. — In general. — The power to regulate commerce...

...Waite said : "A telegraph company occupies the same relation to comHardy v. AT & SF Rid. Co. merce as a carrier of messages, that a railroad company...of commerce, and their business is commerce itself. ... A specific tax on each message, so far as it operates on private messages sent out of the state,...

...tax on interstate commerce. Chief Justice Waite, speaking for the Court, held that it was, and that "a telegraph company occupies the same relation to...that a railroad company does as a carrier of goods. There is a division of this branch of the subject that is sometimes classified as a separate head,...

...[Western Union Tel.- Co. v. Milling Co., 218 US 406; Western Union Tel. Co. v. iPendleton, 122 US 347.] "A telegraph company occupies the same relation to...that a railroad company does as a carrier of goods," (Telegraph Co. v. Texas, 105 US 460), and therefore the many announcements of the exclusive control...

...UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY. GEO. H. FEARONS, OF COUNSEL. 1. The Western Union is a common carrier and "occupies the same relation to commerce as a carrier...that a railroad company does as a carrier of goods." Its "business is commerce itself." 105 US, 464. 2. The Federal Constitution vests In Congress alone...

...Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Texas, 105 US 460, the supreme court of the United States said: "The telegraph company occupies the same relation to commerce as a carrier of messages that the railroad company does as the carrier of goods. Both companies are instruments of commerce, and...