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United States v. Erie R. Co., 235 U.S. 513 (1915)
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United States v. Erie R. Co., 235 U.S. 513 (1915)
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United States v. Erie Railroad Company No. 552 Argued December 14, 1914 Decided January 5, 1915 235 U.S. 513
ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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Quaere whether § 184, Penal Code, prohibiting the carriage of letters or packets otherwise than in the mail by carriers on post routes except under certain specified conditions, is penal or remedial, or whether it is to have a liberal or strict construction.
Letters of officers of the carrier, a railroad company, to officers of the telegraph company with which it has a contract and in whose business it participates, relating to immediate and day by day action, is current, as distinguished from exceptional, business, and falls within the permitted exceptions of § 184, Penal Code.
The facts, which involve the construction of § 184 of the Penal Code of the United States, prohibiting, except under specified conditions, the carriage of letters and packets otherwise than in the mails, are stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," United States v. Erie R. Co., 235 U.S. 513 (1915) in 235 U.S. 513 235 U.S. 515. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EE6Y9KU77PCU88M.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." United States v. Erie R. Co., 235 U.S. 513 (1915), in 235 U.S. 513, page 235 U.S. 515. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EE6Y9KU77PCU88M.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in United States v. Erie R. Co., 235 U.S. 513 (1915). cited in 1915, 235 U.S. 513, pp.235 U.S. 515. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=EE6Y9KU77PCU88M.
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