Bates & Guild Co. v. Payne

Citations

• 194 U.S. 106
• 24 S. Ct. 595
• 48 L. Ed. 894
• 1904 U.S. LEXIS 877

Syllabus

<p>Where the decision of questions of fact is committed by Congress to the • judgment and discretion of the head of a department, his decision thereon is conclusive; and even upon mixed questions of law and fact, or of law alone, his action will carry with it a strong presumption of its correctness, and the courts will-not ordinarily review it, although they have the power, . and will occasionally exercise the right of so doing.</p> <p>As to what is second class mail matter, Houghton, v. Payne, p. 88, followed.</p>