Clough v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Tennessee
A.t Law. The petition in this suit was filed March 27, 1889, under the provisions of an act of congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled “An act to provide lor the bringing of suits against the government of the United States,” (chapter 359, 24 St. at Large, 505,) and claims fees for services rendered to the United States by plaintiff' as commissioner of the circuit courts of the United States for this district from August 20, 1886, to December 31, 1888, a period of nearly…
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A.t Law. The petition in this suit was filed March 27, 1889, under the provisions of an act of congress approved March 3, 1887, entitled “An act to provide lor the bringing of suits against the government of the United States,” (chapter 359, 24 St. at Large, 505,) and claims fees for services rendered to the United States by plaintiff' as commissioner of the circuit courts of the United States for this district from August 20, 1886, to December 31, 1888, a period of nearly two and a half years. As required by the act cited, in order to give this court jurisdiction in such cases, the claim in…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Upon the foregoing agreement, facts, and record, the only thing to be determined by the court is the question whether, under the law, the fees are proper. Section 7 of the act of March 3, 1887, first above cited, provides, in cases of this kind, “that it shall be the duty of the court to cause a written opinion to be filed in the cause, setting forth the specific findings by the court of the facts therein, and the *794conclusions of the court upon all questions of law involved in the case, and to render judgment thereon.” The fact of the rendition of the services being conceded by the agreement…
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