James J. Reiss Co. v. Spinnato

The relator, having a judgment against the defendant for $93.70, levied a seizure on a remnant of a stock of merchandise, which the sheriff sold for $28.50. Thereafter, the sheriff proceeded by rule against relator to collect as costs $78.29, and to compel relator to pay the excess of $49.79. Among the items of cost claimed by the sheriff were two items which relator contested, being a charge of $52 for keepers’ fees, and a charge of $20 for rent of the building where the goods were kept. On trial of the rule, the district judge excluded the defendant’s evidence, and gave judgment for the…