Legal Opinion

United States v. Converse

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided October 1, 1894No. 140PublishedCited by 1 opinion

In Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern Distric fc of Illinois. Petition by Mervin B. Converse against the United States for fees as clerk of the district court.

1Opinion of the Court

BAKED, District Judge.

The defendant in error was appointed clerk of the district court of the United States for the southern district of Illinois, on March 13, 1880,. and has continued to hold that office until the present time. Between the 1st day of July, 1887, and the 30th day of September, 1891, his accounts, 17 in number, were duly presented to and approved by the court, in the presence of the United States district attorney. The accounting officers disallowed some of the items charged therein. He made up an account for these disallo wan ces between the 1st day of July, 1887, and the…

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