Turner v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: This action the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant was marshal of the United States for the middle and southern districts of Alabama from April 26,1876, to May 1,1880. II.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: This action the claimant brought by the voluntary filing of his petition. The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant was marshal of the United States for the middle and southern districts of Alabama from April 26,1876, to May 1,1880. II. He rendered an account against the United States for fees and disbursements as such marshal, with the vouchers and items thereof, to the district court for the middle district of Alabama, in accordance with the provisions of the act of February 22, 1875, ch. 95, sec. 81 (Supplement to Rev. Stat.,…
1Opinion of the CourtRichardson, J.
Three questions of law arise upon the findings in this case.
1. The claimant presented an account against the United States, for fees and disbursements as marshal, to a. United States district court in Alabama, and it was approved by said court under the following provisions of the statutes:
“Be it enacted, &c. [Section 1.] That before any bill of costs shall be taxed by any judge or other officer, or any account payable out of the money of the United States shall be allowed by any officer of the Treasury in favor of clerks, marshals, or district attorneys, the party claiming such account shall…
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