HOUGHTON v. MEYER

No. 49.

208 U.S. 149 (1908)

HOUGHTON v. MEYER, POSTMASTER GENERAL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 20, 1908.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Holmes Conrad and Mr. William S. Hall for appellants.

Mr. Henry H. Glassie, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE DAY delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is here by appeal from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. The case originated in an action brought against the then Postmaster General (Mr. Payne) to compel him to enter and transmit certain publications of the complainants, Houghton, Mifflin & Company, as second class matter instead of third class as ruled by the Postmaster General; and the...

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