Case Name: DAVID THREATT v. THE UNITED STAES
Court: United States Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1933-05-08
Citations: 77 Ct. Cl. 645
Docket Number: No. 41979
Parties: DAVID THREATT v. THE UNITED STAES
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 77
Pages: 645–646

Head Matter:
DAVID THREATT v. THE UNITED STAES
[No. 41979.
Decided May 8, 1933]
Mr. Frank J. Keating, with whom was Mr. W. W. Scott, for the demurrer. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Charles B. Rugg, was on the brief.
Mr. E. N, Freeman, opposed.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
BY THE COURT
Plaintiff is a resident of Georgia and receives his mail on a rural route. His action, as shown by the petition, is based upon the alleged failure of a rural carrier to deliver a certain letter to him which he claims contained information worth $5,000. It is so plain that the petition states no cause of action of which this court has jurisdiction that the demurrer is sustained on this ground alone without considering whether a cause of action of any nature is stated therein. It may be said, however, that if any cause of action is stated in the petition it is one arising upon a tort and not upon a contract. It follows that the demurrer must be sustained and the petition dismissed.