McDOWELL v. UNITED STATES

No. 552.

159 U.S. 596 (1895)

McDOWELL v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Submitted October 15, 1895.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Altheus Johnson for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Dickinson for defendants in error.


MR. JUSTICE BREWER, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

The contentions of counsel for plaintiff in error are that the power of a Circuit Judge or Justice to call one District Judge from his own into another district does not extend to cases in which there is a vacancy in the office of judge of the latter district; that the order of the Circuit Judge designating and appointing Judge Seymour to hold the February term, was void; that the term...

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