Case: Ex parte Lewis and others
Abbreviation: Ex parte Lewis
Decision Date: 1808-02
Docket Number: 
Citation: 4 Cranch 433
Volume: 8
Reporter: United States Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: Ex parte Lewis and others.
Judges: 
Pages: 258–258

Head Matter:
Ex parte Lewis and others.
Compensation of jwrors.
The jurors in civil cases, attending the circuit of the United States, for the Pennsylvania district, are entitled to one dollar and twenty-five cents each, for each day’s attendance.
In the Circuit Court for the district of Pennsylvania, at November term, 1806, a motion was made by Rawle, in behalf of Lewis and others (the jurors in civil cases who had attended the court at that session), that the marshal be ordered to pay each of the jurors one dollar and twenty-five cents for each day’s attendance;
But the judges of that court being divided in opinion upon the question, it was certified to this court.

Opinion:
This Court ordered it to be certified, that the jurors were entitled to the fee of one dollar and twenty-five cents per Mem for their attendance.