
    RICHARD JONES v. THE UNITED STATES. CHARLES H. GILDERSLEEVE v. THE UNITED STATES. MARY K. WHEELER, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. THE UNITED STATES.
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 193 U. S. R., 528.]
    
      On the defendants' Appeal.
    
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 193 U. S. R., 528.]
    
      On the defendants' Appeal.
    
    [Not reported in C. Cls. R.; 193 U. S. R., 528.]
    
      On the cross Appeals of the parties.
    
    The claimants in the above cases were clerks of certain United States circuit and district courts and brought suits in the Court of Claims for services alleged to have been rendered as said clerks, said accounts being duly approved by said courts, but certain items of which were disallowed by the accounting officers of the Treasury.
   Upon a finding of facts the court below directed a judgment in favor of the claimants.

The decision of the court below, except as to one item, is affirmed.

Mr. Chief Justice

Fuller delivered the opinion of the Supreme Court, April 4, 1904.  