Note 120 — Chapter II · The Power of Congress to Establish Postoffices

U. S. v. Kochersperger, above. While resting its decision on a literal interpretation of the statute, the court intimated that the public streets of a municipality were different from highways, and expressed doubt as to whether they could “be established by Congress as postroads for any other purpose than the carriage of the mail.” See below, p. 151.