Beck & Gregg Hardware Co. v. Cook

Duckworth, Chief Justice.

The power to regulate interstate commerce is vested in the Congress by art. I, sec. VIII, par. Ill of the Constitution of the United States. Code § 1-125 (3). The historical background of this clause of the Constitution attests to the wisdom of thus giving the general Government supreme authority in this field. Pursuant to the foregoing clause of the Constitution, the Congress has enacted the Interstate Commerce Act, and by part II thereof, (49 U. S. C. A., § 301, etc.), motor common carriers engaged in moving freight in interstate commerce are placed under the…