United States v. Dundy

CALDWELL, Circuit Judge.

This action was brought by Elmer S. Dundy, Jr., the defendant in error, against the United States to recover certain fees for services performed by him as clerk of the United States district court for the- district of Nebraska, which had been disallowed by the proper accounting officers of the treasury department. The assignments of error will be considered in their numerical order.

1. The court below allowed the plaintiff numerous charges, amounting in the aggregate to $28.60 for “swearing juries,” This was an error. There is no law authorizing the clerk to • charge a…