In re the Accounting of Piatti

There is a motion for a retaxation of costs, so far as the amount allowed as referee’s fees is concerned. The referee who was appointed to take and state the account of the assignee, submitted an affidavit placing his fees at the sum of $200. The clerk, upon the taxation of costs, reduced the amount to $100. It appears that four days only were spent in taking testimony; ‘but the referee claims that he spent some eighteen days more in reading over the account, and looking up the law, and making his report. The clerk, however, allowed him only six days for this work, which added to the four…