Faris v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The claimant was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kentucky from January 12, 1886, to June 30,1887. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of tbe ease: The following are the facts of this case as found by the court: I.The claimant was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kentucky from January 12, 1886, to June 30,1887. II. 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 the commissioners of said court should keep a docket, in which he should enter on the day the transaction should occur the issuance of each warrant, the name of the person upon…
1Opinion of the CourtScofield, J.
The claimant was a commissioner of the Circuit Court of the United States for the district of Kentucky from January 12, 1886, to June 30, 1887.
During that time he kept a docket, as required by the court, in which he entered the proceedings in each case. His docket fees amounted to $447. Of this amount $157 accrued prior to August 4, 1886, and the remainder after that date.
The defendants do not dispute the correctness of any of the account, nor do they resist payment of the $157 which accrued prior to August 4, 1886. The remainder, they claim, is cut off by the proviso in the act of August 4,…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. WallaceSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Wallace v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
3Cited by6 opinions
- United States v. PerryCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1892
- McKinstry v. United StatesU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Alabama · 1889
- Gilbert v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1900
- Crawford v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Missouri · 1889
- Calvert v. United StatesDistrict Court, D. South Carolina · 1889
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