Case: CAROLINE SOUTHWORTH, EXECUTRIX, v. THE UNITED STATES
Abbreviation: Southworth v. United States
Decision Date: 1893-10
Docket Number: 
Citation: 29 Ct. Cl. 556
Volume: 29
Reporter: United States Court of Claims Reports
Court: Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction: United States
Parties: CAROLINE SOUTHWORTH, EXECUTRIX, v. THE UNITED STATES.
Judges: 
Pages: 556–556

Head Matter:
CAROLINE SOUTHWORTH, EXECUTRIX, v. THE UNITED STATES.
[19 C. Cls. R. 278; 151 U. S. R., 179.]
On the claimant’s Appeal.
The executrix of a United States circuit court commissioner for the district of Louisiana brought suit in the court below for a fee of $10 each for 8,283 warrants issued against persons alleged tc have violated the election laws (R. S., § 5512). The defendants demurred (19 C. Cls. R., 2781); the court below sustained the demurer. The claimant then filed an amended petition, and the defendants again demurred. The court sustained the demurrer on the grounds given in the first instance and filed no additional opinion.
The decisiou of the court below is reversed as to 1,380 cases in which arrests were made and examinations held, on the ground that the commissioner was entitled to his fee.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Brewer
delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court, January 8,1894.