CHRISTIAN BEACON v. UNITED STATES

No. 14108.

322 F.2d 512 (1963)

CHRISTIAN BEACON (a non-profit corporation), Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided September 12, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lloyd A. Good, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. (Roper & Caldwell, Wesley H. Caldwell, Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Herbert S. Jacobs, Asst. U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J. (David M. Satz, Jr., U. S. Atty., Newark, N. J., on the brief), for appellee the United States.

Before McLAUGHLIN and GANEY, Circuit Judges, and COHEN, District Judge.


GANEY, Circuit Judge.

Appellant, Christian Beacon ("Beacon"), brought an action against the United States, to recover an amount which the Post Office Department required it to pay for postage, allegedly in excess of the special second-class rate, on second-class matter, sent through the mails, during the six years immediately preceding the filing of the complaint.

Beacon's complaint, filed December 8, 1961, avers as follows: At all times pertinent to this...

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