Furay v. United States

The claimant, as United States marshal for the district of Montana, brings suit to recover for disbursements of public funds in his official capacity from June 18,1890, to May 6,1894, and alleges in his petition that during said time he made payments to the sheriffs of different counties in his district for the subsistence of United States prisoners arrested under process of commissioners of the circuit court of the United States; that his accounts for such disbursements were presented to the United States court for approval in the presence of the district attorney; that the court approved…