Fairfield Floral Co. v. Bradbury
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine
This is a suit in equity by the Fairfield Floral Company against W. J. Bradbury, postmaster at Fairfield, Me., to enjoin the enforcement of a “fraud order” issued against complainant by the postmaster general. The facts are stated in a former report of the case, on the hearing for a preliminary injunction. 87 Fed. 415.
1Opinion of the Court
PUTNAM, Circuit Judge.
This case is now before ns on bill, answer, and proofs. Only two questions are involved: The application of the constitution to the statutes relied on by the United States, and the objection made by the respondent that the court should grant no relief, because the complainant does not come here with clean hands. The latter point was not brought particularly to our attention in connection with the motion for an interlocutory Injunction.
As to the main question, the court expressed its views in an incomplete and crude manner at the conclusion of the hearing of the…
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- Fairfield Floral Co. v. BradburyU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Maine · 1898
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