In Re Garnett
Supreme Court of the United States
ORIGINAL. On the 2d of February, 1891, leave was granted to Mr. Walter Van Rensselaer Berry to file the petition of Garnett, Stubbs & Co. and several others for a writ of prohibition to prohibit the judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia from, proceeding with a suit in admiralty in that court, in whieh John Lawton, owner of the steamer Katie, had libelled that vessel and summoned the petitioners as…
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ORIGINAL. On the 2d of February, 1891, leave was granted to Mr. Walter Van Rensselaer Berry to file the petition of Garnett, Stubbs & Co. and several others for a writ of prohibition to prohibit the judge of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia from, proceeding with a suit in admiralty in that court, in whieh John Lawton, owner of the steamer Katie, had libelled that vessel and summoned the petitioners as defendants. Leave was granted, and the petition was filed, to which was attached a copy of the libel. It appeared that the .…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Bradley
This is a petition for a writ of prohibition to be directed to the judge of the District Court of- the United States for the Eastern Division of the Southern District of Georgia^ to prohibit said judge from taking further cognizance of a certain suit instituted before him in said court. The suit sought to be prohibited is a libel filed in said court by John Lawton, owner of the steamboat Katie, seeking a decree for limited liability for the loss and damage which accrued by fire on said steamboat in the Savannah River on the 12th of October, 1887. A copy of this libel is annexed to the…
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