Ex Parte Pennsylvania

Citations

• 109 U.S. 174
• 3 S. Ct. 84
• 27 L. Ed. 894
• 1883 U.S. LEXIS 951

Syllabus

<p>Appeal — Jurisdiction—Practice— Writ of Prohibition.</p> <p>1. The District Court of the IT. S. for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has jurisdiction over the claim of a pilot appointed under the laws of Delaware for fees when the vessel is seized within the jurisdiction of the court, and properly brought before it.</p> <p>2. Where the evident purpose of an application for a writ of prohibition is 'the correction of a supposed error in a judgment on the merits, the court will nqt grant the writ.</p>