Swift v. United States

COLT, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by Henry W. Swift, United States Marshal for the District of Massachusetts, to recover from the United States certain disbursements made by him, which, in the settlement of his accounts, were disallowed by the Comptroller. The case was heard on petition, answer, and agreed statement of facts.

The first item was a disallowance of $54 paid as a per diem compensation for certain additional bailiffs, in excess of three in number, and not exceeding six altogether, who were in attendance upon the Circuit and District Courts on days when only one judge was present,…