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Tradesman

Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court

Definitions from Case Law

From 216 U.S. 439 - Toxaway Hotel Co. v. Smathers & Co. · 1910Most cited · 42 citing opinions

a tradesman 'as substantially the same as shopkeeper.'... 'one who makes it his business to buy merchandise or goods or chattels to sell again for the purpose of making a profit.

How often courts cite the case defining “Tradesman”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Tradesman” — 42 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.