United States v. Wallace
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The judgment appealed from in this case was rendered in favor of the appellee, who was plaintiff below, for the sum of $1032, upon the following finding of facts • reported by the Court of Claims: I. The claimant, John H. Wallace, was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama from January 16, 1882, to November 22, 1883. II.
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APPEAL PROM THE COURT OP CLAIMS. The judgment appealed from in this case was rendered in favor of the appellee, who was plaintiff below, for the sum of $1032, upon the following finding of facts • reported by the Court of Claims: I. The claimant, John H. Wallace, was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama from January 16, 1882, to November 22, 1883. II. October 4, 1881, the Circuit Court of the United States for said district, in compliance with a request by the Attorney-General, made an order requiring, among other things, that each of…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
Aftér stating the facts in the language reported above, he continued :
It is provided in § 847 Rev. Stat. regulating the fees of commissioners :
“ For issuing any warrant or writ, and for any other service, the same compensation as is allowed to clerks for like services.”
§ 828 Rev. Stat. provides that the clerk be allowed:
“ For making dockets and indexes, taxing costs, and all other services on the trial or argument of a cause where issue is joined and testimony given, $3.” And — “ For making dockets and indexes, taxing costs and other services in a cause which is dismissed or discontinued, or…
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