Hoover v. McChesney
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Kentucky
On Exceptions to Answer and Motion for Temporary Injunction. The platnliff, in his bill, alleges: That he is a citizen of the stale of Kentucky, and. a business man, having extensive social, business, and general correspondence.
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On Exceptions to Answer and Motion for Temporary Injunction. The platnliff, in his bill, alleges: That he is a citizen of the stale of Kentucky, and. a business man, having extensive social, business, and general correspondence. That prior to the time indicated in the bill he enjoyed the usual ami ordinary mail facilities of the citizens of the United Slates, not only in the conduct of his business, but also in the free enjoyment of intercourse with his family, relatives, friends, anu acquaintances. That the defendant, W. M. MeChesney. was duly appointed postmaster at Lexington, Ky., and…
1Opinion of the CourtBarr, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). It will be seen from this statement of the pleadings that it is nowhere alleged that the complainant is in fact engaged in conducting a lottery scheme for the distribution of money by lot or chance, through the mails, in violation of the acts of congress, nor that any of the mail which has been seized by the defendant for the three months prior to the filing of the bill is in fact nonmailable. The defense rests entirely upon the orders issued by the postmaster general, in which it is recited that it *477has been made to appear to him upon satisfactory evidence…
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