United States v. Winston
Supreme Court of the United States
ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE APPEALS EOR THE' NINTH CIRCUIT. The defendant in error, who had been the District Attorney of the United States for the District of Washington from February 19, 1890, to May 30, 1893, brought this action in the Circuit Court to recover for special services as an attorney, rendered during that period, and there recovered a judgment.
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ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OE APPEALS EOR THE' NINTH CIRCUIT. The defendant in error, who had been the District Attorney of the United States for the District of Washington from February 19, 1890, to May 30, 1893, brought this action in the Circuit Court to recover for special services as an attorney, rendered during that period, and there recovered a judgment. The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit struck out one claim which had been allowed, but otherwise affirmed the judgment. 44 U. S. App. 401. Whereupon the United States sued out this writ of error. The Government concedes that some…
1Opinion of the Court · BrewerJustice Brewer
delivered the'-opinion of the court.
Is a District Attorney entitled to extra compensation for services rendered under the direction of the Attorney General in the conduct of a government case in the Court of Appeals ? Section 767, Revised Statutes, .provides that —
“ There shall be appointed in :each district, except -in the middle district of Alabama and the northern district of Georgia and the western district of South Carolina, a person learned in the law to act as attorney of the United States in such district.” . . .
Section '771 is —
“It shall be the duty of every.^strict .attorney to…
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