United States v. King
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. This was a petition by H. H. King, whose Christian name is not given, to recover certain fees as clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia.
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA. This was a petition by H. H. King, whose Christian name is not given, to recover certain fees as clerk of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. To his petition was annexed a schedule of 23 items, running through four years of service, which had been disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury, amounting in the aggregate to $595.65. The case was tried upon an agreed statement of facts, and a judgment rendered against the United States for $586.15 and costs.…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Brown
The agreed statement of facts shows that petitioner was appointed clerk on March 17, 1883, and has continued to hold that offiee until the present time; that his accounts were duly presented and approved by the court; that the accounting officers disallowed some of the items charged ; that the claimant made up an account for these disallowances from the date of his appointment, including therein similar items for services rendered, which had not been included in his accounts, because of adverse rulings upon the legality of the charges. This account was presented and sworn to in open court for…
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