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UNITED STATES v. POINIER

No. 1151.

140 U.S. 160 (1891)

11 S.Ct. 752

35 L.Ed. 395

UNITED STATES, v. POINIER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 11, 1891.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John C. Chaney for appellant. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Cotton was with him on the brief.

Mr. C.C. Lancaster for appellee. Mr. John Wingate was with him on the brief.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

No question is made in regard to the actual performance of the services charged for, but the Attorney General contends that there is no warrant of law for the allowance of the following items:

1. "Recording and indexing 105 informations, $31.50." It is not altogether easy to determine what is meant by "informations," as used in this connection. The only authority for this charge, to which our attention...

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