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UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS

121 U.S. 254 (1887)

UNITED STATES v. PHILLIPS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 11, 1887.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Maury for plaintiff in error.

No appearance for defendants in error.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case no citation was ever issued, and the defendants in error do not appear. Notice of a writ of error, given in open court at the same term the judgment is rendered, is not the equivalent of the citation required by § 999 of the Revised Statutes. In this respect writs of error differ from appeals taken in open court.

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