Crawford v. United States

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This is an action against the United States under the provisions of the act of March 8, 1887, (24 U. S. St. at Large, 505,) to recover the sum of 8871.7*5; the same being fees alleged to have been earned by the plaintiff, as United States commissioner, between March 10, 1887, and March 31, 1889. Accounts embracing the several sums now sued for have been presented to the treasury department for payment from time to time between the dates last mentioned; but the items in question have been stricken out and disallowed lor various reasons. Attached to the petition in the case is a…