Miller v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the authority of the Postmaster General to cancel postal contracts and the rights of a contractor for a mail route in Alaska in that respect, are stated in the opinion. The regulations of the Post Office Department applying to this route gave the Postmaster General authority to discontinue the contract. The petition does not allege facts upon which damages may be assessed.
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APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF CLAIMS. The facts, which involve the authority of the Postmaster General to cancel postal contracts and the rights of a contractor for a mail route in Alaska in that respect, are stated in the opinion. The regulations of the Post Office Department applying to this route gave the Postmaster General authority to discontinue the contract. The petition does not allege facts upon which damages may be assessed. In support of these contentions, see Garfielde v. United States, 93 U. S. 242; Gleason v. United States, 175 U. S. 588; Kihlberg v. United States, 97 U. S. 398; Lord…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
The petition , claimed $51,736.00 because of an alleged violation of a contract to carry the mails over a mentioned route in Alaska. The United States demurred on the ground that no cause of action was stated; and the court having sustained the demurrer and dismissed the petition, 47 Ct. Cl. 146, the case is here. The text of the petition therefore is the matter we are called upon to consider. It covers sixteen pages of the printed record. We shall seek to rearrange its contents so as to enable us with accuracy and yet with brevity to state the substance of the petition in order to determine…
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