TEAL v. FELTON


53 U.S. 284 (1851)

12 How. 284

WILLIAM W. TEAL, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MARY C. FELTON, BY HER NEXT FRIEND, CHARLES T. HICKS.

Supreme Court of United States.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

It was argued by Mr. Dillage, for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Seward, for the defendant in error.


Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought in a justices' court to recover from the plaintiff in error the value of a newspaper, received by him as postmaster at Syracuse, which he refused to deliver to the defendant in error to whom it was addressed. The plaintiff in error had charged the newspaper with letter-postage, on account of a letter or initial upon the wrapper of it, distinct from...

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