Washington-Southern Nav. Co. v. Baltimore Co., 263 U.S. 629 (1924)

Name: Washington-Southern Nav. Co. v. Baltimore Co., 263 U.S. 629 (1924) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

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Washington-Southern Navigation Company v.

Baltimore & Philadelphia Steamboat Company
No. 108

Argued November 27, 28, 1923
Decided January 28, 1924
263 U.S. 629

ON CERTIFICATE FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT

Syllabus

1. The function of rules of court is to regulate the practice of the court and facilitate the transaction of its business. P. 635.

2. A rule of court cannot enlarge or restrict jurisdiction or abrogate or modify the substantive law. P. 635.

3. And this limitation applies to the rules prescribed by this Court for inferior tribunals in admiralty cases. Id.

4. Admiralty Rule 50 was intended to formulate practice already settled, and is not to be construed as empowering the district court to stay proceedings on an original libel until the libelant shall give security to respond to a counterclaim in a case where the original libel is in personam and where the cross-libelant has given security voluntarily. Pp. 632, 638.

Questions certified by the circuit court of appeals.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Washington-Southern Nav. Co. v. Baltimore Co., 263 U.S. 629 (1924) in 263 U.S. 629 263 U.S. 630. Original Sources, accessed November 22, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7KRMZEAZDFVMPZ4.

MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Washington-Southern Nav. Co. v. Baltimore Co., 263 U.S. 629 (1924), in 263 U.S. 629, page 263 U.S. 630. Original Sources. 22 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7KRMZEAZDFVMPZ4.

Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Washington-Southern Nav. Co. v. Baltimore Co., 263 U.S. 629 (1924). cited in 1924, 263 U.S. 629, pp.263 U.S. 630. Original Sources, retrieved 22 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=7KRMZEAZDFVMPZ4.

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