SPALDING
v.
DICKINSON

U.S. | 1896-03-02
No. 82
161 U.S. 499 Supreme Court of the United States (1896) Caution
Also reported at: 40 L. Ed. 786 · 16 S. Ct. 637 · SCDB 1895-155 · 1896 U.S. LEXIS 2181
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Opinion of the Court
Mr. Justice Harlan:

Mr. Justice Harlan:

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. Eor the reasons stated in the opinion in-that case the judgment is

Affirmed.


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