District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania March 1, 1909, No. 3 (United States v. National Surety Co.)

J. B. McPHERSON, District Judge.

In this controversy the government recovered separate verdicts against a contractor and his surety, and presented a bill of costs, to part of which objection is taken by the surety. The items attacked are the detailed expenses of four witnesses, of whom two were called and sworn and the other two were in attendance.