HOUGHTON v. PAYNE

No. 372.

194 U.S. 88 (1904)

HOUGHTON v. PAYNE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William S. Hall and Mr. Holmes Conrad for appellants, in this case and in No. 373.

Mr. Tracy L. Jeffords, with whom Mr. Charles F. Moody and Mr. E. Van Buren Getty were on the brief, for appellants in No. 481.

Mr. John G. Johnson and Mr. Henry H. Glassie, special assistants to the Attorney General, for appellee in this case and in Nos. 373 and 481.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case depends upon the construction of the following sections of the Post Office appropriation bill of March 3, 1879, 20 Stat. 355, 358:

"SEC. 7. That mailable matter shall be divided into four classes:

"First. Written matter;

"Second. Periodical publications;

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