United States v. Smelser

87 F.2d 799 (1937)

UNITED STATES

v.

SMELSER.

No. 8203.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 16, 1937.

Steve M. King, U. S. Atty., and Charles S. Pipkin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Beaumont, Tex.

J. Q. Mahaffey, of Texarkana, Tex., for appellee.

Before FOSTER, HUTCHESON, and HOLMES, Circuit Judges.

HOLMES, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit by the United States against a former referee in bankruptcy to recover multiple excessive fees paid to him from the funds of about forty estates. The total overpayments from January 1, 1927 to January 1, 1931, amount to $2,644.48. The suit is not upon the bond…