In re Paquet
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
On Application for Writ of Prohibition. The relator presents the following: “To the Honorable United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: The petition of Louis P. Daquet, a citizen, of the state of Louisiana and a resident of the city of New Orleans, respectfully shows: That he is an attorney at law, duly admitted to practice in the courts of the United States, and that he lias recently had occasion in his professional capacity ¡0 appear in the United…
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On Application for Writ of Prohibition. The relator presents the following: “To the Honorable United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: The petition of Louis P. Daquet, a citizen, of the state of Louisiana and a resident of the city of New Orleans, respectfully shows: That he is an attorney at law, duly admitted to practice in the courts of the United States, and that he lias recently had occasion in his professional capacity ¡0 appear in the United States circuit court for the Northern district of Florida in a cause ponding therein, entitled 'Mrs. Florida McGuire vs. The…
1Opinion of the Court
PARDEE, Circuit Judge.
This court is an appellate court, and depends entirely for its powers upon the statute of March 3, 1891 (26 Stat. 826), and statutes amendatory thereof. Its power to- issue writs is derived from section 12 of that act, which gives the court the power specified in section 716, Rev. St. U. S., to issue writs of scire facias, and “all writs not specially provided for by statute which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdiction and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.” Further than this, the appellate jurisdiction appears to be limited by the…
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- In Re DebsSupreme Court of the United States · 1895
- In Re ChetwoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- Ex Parte City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1844
- Tinsley v. AndersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Schoonmaker v. GilmoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1880
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- Ex parte O'NealUnited States Circuit Court for the Northern District of Florida · 1903