United States v. Kochersperger
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Eastern Pennsylvania
The cause was heard upon a demurrer to the bill, which prayed an injunction to prohibit the defendants from continuing the business of letter carriers, in which they were engaged in the city of Philadelphia.
1Opinion of the Court
CADWALADER, District Judge.
Judge GRIER authorizes me to state that he has perused the following opinion carefully, and that he fully concurs in it.
A post, etymologically defined, is a mode of conveying written or unwritten intelligence, to and from appointed stations, at regular intervals, or whenever the performance of such service may properly be required. The modes by which intelligence is transmitted through q. post, otherwise than at regular intervals, are usually called expresses. Regular posts no longer transmit unwritten intelligence. A post-road is a public highway, whose use by the…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Schroyer v. LynchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
3Cited by1 opinion
- Blackham v. GreshamU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York · 1883