Case Name: CHARLES M. DENNISON v. THE UNITED STATES
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1897-11-29
Citations: 33 Ct. Cl. 504
Docket Number: 
Parties: CHARLES M. DENNISON v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 33
Pages: 504–504

Head Matter:
CHARLES M. DENNISON v. THE UNITED STATES.
[No opinion in C. Cls. R.;
168 U. S. R., 241.]
On the claimants Appeal.
This was a petition by the chief supervisor for the northern district of New York for fees and disbursements connected with the general election of 1890, amounting- to $16,612.79, of which $2,752.60 were disallowed by the Treasury Department; for like fees aud disbursements connected with the general election of 1892, amounting to $18,998.94, of which $2,581.75 were disallowed; and also for fees connected with the examination of witnesses to show that certain supervisors, who bad been appointed in the city of Troy to attend a Congressional election in 1888, had been deterred from discharging their duties by violence, or threats of violence, by disorderly persons. This account amounted to $624.65, of which $402.65 were disallowed.
The petition alleged that all these accounts had been approved and allowed by the District Court.
Upon a finding of facts, which do not differ materially from those set up in the petition, the court below directed a judgment in favor of the claimant for $678.10, whereupon petitioner appealed.
The decision of the court below is affirmed except as to two items, under which the amount allowed is increased, making the judgment $775160.
November 29, 1897.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Brown
-delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court