Stafford v. United States
United States Court of Claims
On the Proofs. ■ The Reporters statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant has been a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States for the western district of North Carolina from 1880 to the present time.
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On the Proofs. ■ The Reporters statement of the ease: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant has been a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States for the western district of North Carolina from 1880 to the present time. The claimant’s accounts for fees in hearing' and deciding on criminal charges at the rate of $5 a day from January 1,1887, to June 30, 1888, verified by his oath, were presented to said court in the presence of the district attorney, and an order approving the same was duly entered of record. The accounts, thus approved,…
1Opinion of the Court
Scofield, <7.,
delivered the opinion of the court:
The claimant was a commissioner of the circuit court of the-United States for the western district of North Carolina from October 20,1885, to June 30, 1887. His accounts for services during this time having been properly made out and duly approved by the court, were presented to the accounting officers of the Treasury for payment. Part of the accounts were allowed and paid, but the charges set out in the several findings of the court were disallowed.
The first disallowed item of charges is for thirty-eight days-in attending to cases, at the rate…
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