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FORD v. SUMMERFIELD

No. 13401.

243 F.2d 238 (1957)

Cornelius B. FORD, Appellant, v. Arthur E. SUMMERFIELD, Postmaster General, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 28, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Arthur A. Birney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Peyton Ford, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. E. Tillman Stirling, Asst. U. S. Atty., with whom Messrs. Oliver Gasch, U. S. Atty., Lewis Carroll and William F. Becker, Asst. U. S. Attys., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before WILBUR K. MILLER, DANAHER and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.

DANAHER, Circuit Judge.

The District Court denied appellant's motion for, and granted summary judgment for the appellee. The plaintiff-appellant had claimed that as a rural mail carrier, he was entitled to certain benefits provided by the Seniority Act for Rural Mail Carriers,1 but that the Act had been erroneously construed by the Postmaster General. Appellant particularly asked the District Court to declare that a consolidation of four...

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