Legal Opinion
United States v. Van Leuven
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided June 4, 1894No. Nos. 3,494, 3,495, 3,498, 3,499, 3,501, 3,502, 3,504, 3,507, 3,520, and 3,526-3,531PublishedCited by 4 opinions
These were indictments against George AL Van Lenven for demanding or accepting excessive fees for prosecuting pension claims, contrary to the act of July 4, 1884. Defendant demurred to the various indictments.
1Opinion of the Court
SHIRAS, District Judge.
It will probably aid in arriving at a clear understanding of the questions presented by the demurrers to the indictments to briefly state the provisions of the statutes regulating the matter of the fees legally chargeable by attorneys acting for persons applying for pensions.
By section 3 of the act of July 4, 1884 (23 Stat. 98), section 4785 of the Revised Statutes is re-enacted and amended so as to read as follows:
“No agent or attorney or other person shall demand or receive any other compensation for his services in prosecuting a claim for pension or bounty land, than…
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