Gardner v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. That claimant, Benjamin G-ardner, was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the middle district of Alabama from January 18, 1886, to June 30, 1886. II.
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On the Proofs. The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I. That claimant, Benjamin G-ardner, was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the middle district of Alabama from January 18, 1886, to June 30, 1886. II. That the Circuit Court of the United States for said district, in compliance with a request by the Attorney-General, made, an order requiring, among other things, that each of the commissioners of said court should keep a docket, in which he should enter, on the day the transaction should occur, the…
1Opinion of the CourtScofield, J.
The claimant was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the middle district of Alabama, from January 18, 1886, to June 30, 1886; during that time he kept a docket, as required by the court, in which he entered proceedings in each case heard by him. The docket fees amounted to $83.
In the case of Wallace v. The United States (20 C. Cls. R., 273) this court held that a commissioner, Under entirely similar circumstances, was entitled to charge docket fees. The case was appealed to the Supreme Court and affirmed (116 U. S. R., 398).
The defendants concede that the claim falls…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Wallace v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
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- Matthews v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900