Spalding v. Dickinson
| Decision Date | 02 March 1896 |
| Docket Number | No. 82,82 |
| Citation | 40 L.Ed. 786,16 S.Ct. 637,161 U.S. 499 |
| Parties | SPALDING v. DICKINSON |
| Court | U.S. Supreme Court |
W. Willoughby, for plaintiff in error.
Asst. Atty. Gen. Dickinson, for defendant in error.
The defendant in error succeeded Mr. Vilas in the office of postmaster general. The declaration in the present case is in all material respects like that in Spalding v. Vilas (just decided) 16 Sup. Ct. 631. For the reasons stated in the opinion in that case the judgment is affirmed.
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Burke v. Deiner
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Mandel v. O'Hara
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Martin v. Malhoyt
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