40 F. 607 | E.D.N.Y | 1889
This case conies before the court on an appeal from the clerk’s taxation of the claimant’s costs. The items in dispute relate to witness fees. The clerk disallowed various witness fees in the absence of proof that the amounts charged had been paid the witnesses. In regard to these fees, the only proof is that the claimant disbursed, in traveling expenses and maintenance of these witnesses while attending court, in each case, a sum exceeding that now charged for fees of the witness. This proof is not sufficient. The statute requires proof that the amounts sought to be taxed be amounts actually paid the witnesses for witness