EX PARTE PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY


118 U.S. 610 (1886)

EX PARTE PHENIX INSURANCE COMPANY & Others.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 1, 1886.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Robert Rae, for petitioner.

Mr. George G. Greene and Mr. James G. Jenkins, opposing.


MR. JUSTICE BLATCHFORD, after stating the facts as reported above, delivered the opinion of the court.

It is provided by § 688 of the Revised Statutes, that this court "shall have power to issue writs of prohibition to the District Courts, when proceeding as courts of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction." This provision is taken from § 13 of the Act of September 24, 1789, 1 Stat. 80. The question to be determined...

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