Swan v. Wiley, Harker & Camp Co.

ADAMS, District Judge.

This is an appeal from the clerk’s taxation allowing the recovery by the libellants of a docket fee and certain disbursements made subsequent to an offer of judgment which was duly excepted to by the respondent.

With respect to the docket fee, the action was to recover certain demurrage. The respondent filed an answer denying that any demur-rage was due. Dater the respondent served upon the libellants’ proctors, under Admiralty Rule 36, an offer to allow judgment for the sum of $120, with interest and costs to the date of the offer. This offer was duly accepted and now in…