Calvert v. United States

The plaintiff is a commissioner of the circuit court in this district. He brings his action for docket fees as such commissioner for the period 1st August, 1886, to 2d January, 1888,—104 cases, at $3 each, $312. In all these cases issue was joined, and witnesses were examined. The docket was produced in evidence, and is carefully and accurately kept. The claim was duly presented, approved by the district attorney and by the court. It was disallowed by the first comptroller of the treasury. The answer in behalf of the United States sets up some purely formal objections, which are disregarded.…