Hallett v. United States
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Actions toy Henry L. Hallett against tlie United States for fees as commissioner. These cases were heard upon the following agreed statement of facts: It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to tbe above-entitled cases, wbieb, by a previous agreement duly filed in said court, are to be consolidated and beard and tried together, that said cases may be and hereby are submitted to said court for its decision upon the following facts, which are to be taken as true: First.
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Actions toy Henry L. Hallett against tlie United States for fees as commissioner. These cases were heard upon the following agreed statement of facts: It is hereby agreed by and between the parties to tbe above-entitled cases, wbieb, by a previous agreement duly filed in said court, are to be consolidated and beard and tried together, that said cases may be and hereby are submitted to said court for its decision upon the following facts, which are to be taken as true: First. During tbe whole time when the services mentioned in the petitions in said cases were performed there was entered upon…
1Opinion of the CourtOolt, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts). These three cases, by agreement of parties, were consolidated and heard together. They relate to claims of Henry L. Hallett, commissioner, against the United States, for certain charges in his accounts which were disallowed by the comptroller of the treasury. Item 1 is for taking recognizances of witnesses to appear before (he commissioner at adjourned hearings. The authority for making these charges rests upon sections 879 and 1011 of the Ke vised Statutes. The power given “to any judge or other officer” in section 87!) to take the recognizances of any witness…
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- Bridge v. FordMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1808
- United States v. Van DuzeeSupreme Court of the United States · 1891
- New Orleans v. PaineSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. KingSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
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- Safford v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1918