Legal Opinion
United States v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of Maryland
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 13, 1915No. 146PublishedCited by 5 opinions
Iii Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. This cause comes here upon writ of error to review a judgment in favor of defendant in error, which was defendant below. A jury was duly waived, and the cause was tried before Judge Martin, who, besides making findings of fact and conclusions of law, wrote a full and careful opinion, which will be found in a note hereto and may be referred to for facts not hereinafter stated.
1Opinion of the Court
UACOMBE, Circuit Judge.
As stated in the opinion of the District Judge:
“The President of the United States, as Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, on July 21, 1898, made an order authorizing the extension of the postal service over the island of Cuba, which had come into the military possession of the United States. By virtue of that order the Postmaster General made an order, December 21, 1898, appointing K. G. Rathbone Director General of the Posts of Cuba. Said Rathbone on January 7, 1899, established the Bureau of Finance, so called, in his department, and on January 11, 1899,…
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