Dart v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are-the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Christopher Dart, was clerk of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas from March 16, 1893, to March 31, 1894, duly qualified and acting. II.
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The Reporters’ statement of the case: The following are-the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant, Christopher Dart, was clerk of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas from March 16, 1893, to March 31, 1894, duly qualified and acting. II. During said period he was in attendance upon the District Court, under section 583 of the Revised Statutes, for twenty-one days, and his accounts therefor, duly verified, were presented to the United States court for approval in the presence of the district attorney, and orders approving the same as…
1Opinion of the CourtPeelle, J.
The findings present the question as to whether the clerk of the District Court of the United States for the eastern district of Texas is entitled to recover a per diem compensation for his attendance on court for days when the court was adjourned from day to day by the marshal by a written order from the judge under Revised Statutes, section 583.
The clerk’s fee bill (Revised Statutes, § 828), among other things, provides: “ Five dollars a day for his attendance on the court while actually in session.”
Section 583 provides that “if the judge of any District Court is unable to attend at the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- United States v. HarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- United States v. PitmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1893
- Jones v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1885
- McMullen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Converse v. United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1890
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