Ex Parte Phenix Insurance Company
Supreme Court of the United States
original. On the 14th of January, 1886, the Goodrich Transportation Company, a Wisconsin corporation, filed, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a petition for a limitation of its liability, as owner of the steamer Oconto, claiming the benefit of the provisions of sections 4283 and 4284 of the Revised Statutes.
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original. On the 14th of January, 1886, the Goodrich Transportation Company, a Wisconsin corporation, filed, in the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, a petition for a limitation of its liability, as owner of the steamer Oconto, claiming the benefit of the provisions of sections 4283 and 4284 of the Revised Statutes. The substantial matters set forth in the petition are these: The Oconto was on a voyage from Chicago, Illinois, through Lake Michigan and Green Bay, to the city of Green Bay, in Wisconsin, which she approached by entering the mouth of the…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Blatcheord
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 24,1Y89,1 Stat. 80. The question to be determined is, therefore, whether the District Court has jurisdiction to entertain the proceeding in this case for the limitation of liability.
Sections 4283, 4284, and 4285 of the Revised Statutes provide as follows:
“ Sec. 4283. The liability of the owner of any vessel, for any embezzlement,…
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