Robertson v. Harmon

ENGLISH, Judge :

Eugene Robertson, the plaintiff in error in this case, was appointed a United States deputy marshal to serve under S. S. Vinson, United States marshal for the district of West Virginia. On the 30th of September, 1894, said Robertson filed his account for services rendered in the usual manner, which account, after deducting all disallow-ances and the percentage due the marshal, amounted to one thousand, two hundred and twenty-two dollars and thirty cents. Only one-half of this amount was sent by the marshal to said Robertson, and the residue thereof, at the instance of D. H.…