Ives v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant has been a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota from 1882 to the present time. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case : The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant has been a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota from 1882 to the present time. II. The claimant’s accounts for fees in hearing and deciding on criminal charges in a number of cases duriug the years 1883,1884,1885,1886,1887, and 1888, verified by his oath, were presented to said court in the presence of the district attorney, and an order approving the same was entered of record. III. The charges in these accounts amounted to $365, made up as…
1Opinion of the CourtDavis, J.
This is a claim made by a United States commissioner for fees, which it is alleged would, under the rules now in force, be disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury if presented to them for payment. Eighty dollars of the charges are for hearing and deciding motions for continuance where motions were made and argued by .the district attorney or defendant’s counsel for such continuance. Another charge, $5 in. amount, is for one day on which there was an actual hearing and a decision upon the sufficiency of bail.
These charges fall within pievious rulings of the court and are allowed.…
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