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DEGGE v. HITCHCOCK

Nos. 157, 158.

229 U.S. 162 (1913)

33 S.Ct. 639

57 L.Ed. 1135

DEGGE v. HITCHCOCK, POSTMASTER GENERAL. MAURY v. SAME.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 26, 1913.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. O.A. Erdman, with whom Mr. Walter B. Guy was on the brief, for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Adkins, with whom Mr. Louis G. Bissell was on the brief, for defendant in error:

MR. JUSTICE LAMAR, after making the foregoing statement, delivered the opinion of the court.

This case is the first instance, so far as we can find, in which a Federal court has been asked to issue a writ of certiorari to review a ruling by an executive officer of the United States Government. That at once suggests that the failure to make such application has been due to the conceded...

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