Case Name: Fry v. Yeaton
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1809-07
Citations: 1 Cranch 550
Docket Number: 
Parties: Fry v. Yeaton,
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 550–551

Head Matter:
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.

Opinion:
The Court
allowed the costs of taking the depositions to be taxed in the bill of costs.