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Webster v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Oct 13, 1937
92 F.2d 462 (6th Cir. 1937)

Opinion

No. 7662.

October 13, 1937.

Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Kentucky; Elwood Hamilton, Judge.

Action between Dorothy Webster and the United States. Judgment for the United States, and Webster appeals.

Affirmed.

Thos. N. Hazelip, of Louisville, Ky., for appellant.

Bunk Gardner, of Louisville, Ky., for the United States.

Before SIMONS and ALLEN, Circuit Judges, and NEVIN, District Judge.


The court being of the opinion that inspection by the Post Office Department of an unsealed package not having upon it stamps sufficient to qualify it as first class mail was not an invasion of appellant's immunity from unreasonable search and seizure, and, finding no prejudicial error in the trial, it is ordered that the judgment below be, and it is hereby, affirmed.


Summaries of

Webster v. United States

Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit
Oct 13, 1937
92 F.2d 462 (6th Cir. 1937)
Case details for

Webster v. United States

Case Details

Full title:WEBSTER v. UNITED STATES

Court:Circuit Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit

Date published: Oct 13, 1937

Citations

92 F.2d 462 (6th Cir. 1937)

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