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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Fry v. Yeaton,
    The fees of a magistrate in another State for taking a deposition under the Act of Congress of 1789, may he taxed in tlie bill of costs, in Virginia.
    This was a motion by Mr. C. Lee, the plaintiff’s counsel, to tax, in the bill of costs, the fee of W. Wetmore, C. J., of the Common Pleas in Boston, being seven dollars, for taking a deposition according to the Act of Congress, (§ 30 of the Judiciary Act.) [1 Stat. at Large, 73.]
    
      Mr. Youngs, for the defendant,
    contended that there was no law of Virginia, or of the United States, to authorize the charge.
    
      Mr. C. Lee, for the plaintiff,
    cited the Virginia Act of 29th November, 1792, § 13, p. 279.
   The Court

allowed the costs of taking the depositions to be taxed in the bill of costs.