United States v. Bromley
Supreme Court of the United States
This case was brought up. by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District -of New York. It was an action of debt on.statute, commenced in the District Court of Northern New .York, founded on the tenth section of the act of 3d March, 1845: “ An act to reduce the rates of postage; to limit the use, and correct the abuse, of the franking privilege; and for the prevention of frauds on the revenue of the Post-Office Department.”
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This case was brought up. by writ of error, from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District -of New York. It was an action of debt on.statute, commenced in the District Court of Northern New .York, founded on the tenth section of the act of 3d March, 1845: “ An act to reduce the rates of postage; to limit the use, and correct the abuse, of the franking privilege; and for the prevention of frauds on the revenue of the Post-Office Department.” The section is as follows: “ That it shall not be lawful for any stage-coach, railroad ear, steamboat, packet-boat, or other…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McLEAN
This is a case on error, from the Circuit Court of- the Northern District of New York.
An action of debt was brought in the District Court, under the tenth section of the act of the 3d of March, 1825, entitled “An act to reduce the rates of postage, &c., and for the prevention of frauds on the revenue of the Post-Office Department.” ' It prohibits, under the penalties provided, any stagecoach, railroad car, steamboat, or other vehicle or vessel, Or any of the owners, managers, servants, or crews of either, which regularly performs trips on a post-route, on which the mail is carried, from…
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