Rand v. United States
District Court, D. Maine
Petition for the Allowance of a Claim against the United States for fees as commissioner.
1Opinion of the CourtWebb, J.
The petitioner, a commissioner of the circuit court in this district, prosecutes his claim against the United States for fees for services, his charges for which have been suspended or disallowed by the first comptroller of the treasury. It is admitted that accounts for all these *672services have been regularly presented, and that he has performed all the work for which he claims compensation. But it is objected that for some services his charges are excessive by reason of unnecessary length of papers, and for others he is not legally entitled to anything. A portion of the account set out in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. DicksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
- United States v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Commonwealth v. HardyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
- United States v. RundlettU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1854
- Harper v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1886
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- Hyams v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts · 1905