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BALL V. UNITED STATES, 140 U. S. 118 (1891)
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Ball v. United States, 140 U.S. 118 (1891)
Ball v. United States
No. 1351
Argued April 10, 1891
Decided April 27, 1891
140 U.S. 118
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
Syllabus
On the 4th of December, 1888, the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas at Galveston, certified to the Circuit Judge for the Fifth Circuit that the district judge of that district was
"prevented by reason of illness from continuing the holding of the present November term of the District and Circuit Courts of the United States for the Eastern District of Texas at Galveston, and also the coming terms of said courts at Tyler, Jefferson, and Galveston, in the year 1889."
