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Power to sue for expenses or compensation. - Instead of proceeding in the manner aforesaid for the recovery of any expenses or compensation of which the amount due has been ascertained as hereinbefore provided, or after such pro- ceedings have been taken unsuccessfully or with only partial success, the sum due or the balance of the sum due, as the case may be recovered by a suit brought against the person liable for the same in any court of competent jurisdiction. Section 382