United States v. Sanborn
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Massachusetts
Clerk’s report of taxation of costs after judgment for the United States in an action at law brought by them for money had and received. The bill of costs submitted by the attorney for the United States included the following items, duly certified, of sums paid to witnesses: First.
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Clerk’s report of taxation of costs after judgment for the United States in an action at law brought by them for money had and received. The bill of costs submitted by the attorney for the United States included the following items, duly certified, of sums paid to witnesses: First. For a witness who attended court without a subpoena, four days’ attendance, at $1.50 a day; and 416 miles travel from and to his residence, at Troy, in the state of New York, at 5 cents a mile,-^in all, $26.80. Second. For actual and necessary expenses in going, attending court, and returning, of four clerks, — two…
1Opinion of the Court
GRAY, Justice.
The report of the clerk presents for our determination two questions of costs: the one, of the amount taxable, under section 848 of the Revised Statutes, for the travel of an ordinary witness, who, without having been summoned, has traveled from and to the place of his residence, more than 100 miles off, and in another state and district; the other, of the amount taxable, under section 850, for travel or expenses of government clerks.
Upon the first question the principal authority is Prouty v. Draper, 2 Story, 199, decided by this court in 1842, which was an action at law for…
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