Ravesies v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant, Paul Ravesies, has been a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama from 1873 to the present time.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are the facts as found by the court: I. The claimant, Paul Ravesies, has been a commissioner of the circuit court of the United States for the southern district of Alabama from 1873 to the present time. The claimant’s accounts for fees in hearing and deciding on criminal charges at the rate of $5 a day during the years 1883,1884, and 1885, 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 were presented to the…
1Opinion of the CourtWeldon, J.
The claim in this case consists of five items, as set forth in the findings. The conclusions of the court allow items 1, 2,3, and 5, but disallow item 4. Item 4 embraces a class of service not provided for by law. It is no part of the ministerial or judicial service of a commissioner to prepare an affidavit to facilitate the discharge of the duty of the district attorney. The commissioner is presumed to act judicially, and it is no part.of his duty to prepare for the successful prosecution of the case. The item of $45.60 for copies of process under section 10.14, Revised Statutes, is allowed…
2Cited by2 opinions
- Churchill v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1889
- Stafford v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1890