Porter v. Coble
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska; Joseph W. Woodrough, Judge. Suit by John C. Porter against W. M. Coble, begun in the state court and removed to the federal District Court in which the United States intervened. Prom a decree dismissing the petition, plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
SMITH, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, John C. Porter, alleged in a petition filed in the district court of Morrill county, Neb.:
That, he had been duly appointed, commissioned, and qualified as postmaster at Bridgeport, Neb., an office of the third class, and that his term would not expire until 1918. That the defendant, W. M. Goble, as a United States post office inspector, has a right to inspect the office at Bridgeport, to inventory the property belonging to the government consisting of stamps, stamped envelopes, books, records, and funds received in due course of business therein.
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