Travis County v. King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
This is an application by the county of Travis, Tex., for a writ of certiorari to bring up for review from the United States circuit court for the Western district of Texas the cause of Travis county against the King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company, in which suit, on July 13, 1893, a final judgment was rendered by that court against the county of Travis, plaintiff in the cause.
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This is an application by the county of Travis, Tex., for a writ of certiorari to bring up for review from the United States circuit court for the Western district of Texas the cause of Travis county against the King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company, in which suit, on July 13, 1893, a final judgment was rendered by that court against the county of Travis, plaintiff in the cause. The present petition for certiorari was, on January 9, 1899, presented to this court by counsel, who moved the court for leave to file it. The motion was taken under advisement, and on the following day, January…
1Opinion of the CourtPAEEiANGE, District Judge
The only authority which this court has to issue writs of certiorari is conferred by section 12 of the act of congress of March 3, 1891, which established the circuit courts of appeals. This section provides that the circuit courts of appeals “shall have the powers specified in section 716 of the Revised Statutes of the United States”; that is to say, that the circuit courts of appeals shall “have power to issue all writs not specifically provided for by statute, which may be necessary for the exercise of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to (he usages and principles of law.” 26…
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