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RALLS COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES ex rel. GEORGE, 1882 — 154 U.S. 675 · caselaw · US
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RALLS COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES ex rel. GEORGE
154 U.S. 675·Supreme Court of the United States·1882
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RALLS COUNTY COURT v. UNITED STATES ex rel. GEORGE.
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OP THE UNITED STATES POR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OP MISSOURI.
No. 278.
Argued and submitted April 13, 1882.
Decided May 8, 1882.
Balls County Court v. United States, 105 U. S. 733, followed.
[MAJORITY — Mr. Chief Justice Wa tte]
Mr. Chief Justice Wa tte
delivered the opinion of the court.
This judgment is affirmed on the authority of County Court of Balls County v. The United States ex rel. Douglass, 105 U. S. 733, just decided, from which it cannot be distinguished. The cause is remanded, with an order like that in No. 277.
Mr. H. A. Cunningham for plaintiffs in error.
Mr. J. H. Overall for defendant in error.