Williams v. Morrison

Thayer, J.,

(orally.) In the case of John H. Williams against Jasper N. Morrison, a question was presented to me yesterday relative to the taxation of costs in that case. The question is whether the plaintiffs’ counsel is entitled to one docket fee of $20, or to two docket fees of $20 each. *683The suit is an action in replevin. It was tried at the October term, 1886, before a jury, and the plaintiff recovered about four-fifths of the property claimed. 28 Fed. Rep. 872. The verdict was afterwards sot aside, and a new trial granted. 29 Fed. Rep. 282. It was tried again at the present term, and the…