Benjamin H. Wood, Jr. v. Virginia Hauling Company

CRAVEN, Circuit Judge:

This case is presented to us in the guise of whether the district Clerk erred in the taxation of costs and whether the district judge abused his discretion in declining to review the bill as taxed by the Clerk. We view the matter differently. It seems to us to present a not so simple problem of court administration: whether the parties agreed upon a settlement; if so, the proper implementation of it; if not, supervised rescission of partial execution.

The case began as one in tort with jurisdiction based upon diversity of citizenship. After negotiation between counsel,…