Rand v. United States

Webb, ,J.

This petition is for the allowance of fees as commissioner of the circuit court, which have been rejected by the comptroller of the treasury. As originally presented, the claim amounted to a total of $409.85. Subsequent amendments made under recent decisions of the supreme courts, in respect to fees of various oflicers, have stricken out items amounting to $162.75, leaving only the sum of $247.10 to be passed *358upon by this court. The case is heard on demurrer, and the contention by the United States is that, though the services have all been performed, the petitioner is not legally…