Opinion of the Court. on the ground that the vessel was not one of the class described in the act. Appeal was then taken to the Circuit Court, where the decree of the District Court was affirmed. The owners of the yacht appealed to this court. Pending the appeal here they prayed for a writ of injunction to restrain the prosecution of the suits in the State courts by the administrator. Mr. Geo. F. Edmunds, made the motion and filed a brief in support of it. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE delivered the opinion of the court. Without deciding whether an injunction may be granted under any circumstances by this court to stay proceedings in the State courts during the pendency of an appeal in a suit brought by the owners of a vessel to obtain the benefit of the limitation of liability provided for by §§ 4283, 4284, 4285, and 4286 of the Revised Statutes, we are all of the opinion that this motion should be denied. Both of the courts below have decided that the vessel owned by the appellants did not come within the purview of the statute, and consequently that the relief asked for should not be granted. If the suits in the State courts go on and judgments are rendered against the appellants, there is a way in which decisions overruling defences set up under the statute may be brought here for review, and the errors, if any, corrected. In view of these facts we are not inclined to use the extraordinary writ of injunction to stay proceedings in suits begun in the State courts before the appellants filed their libel in the District Court, simply because of the expense that will be consequent upon trials pending the appeal. If we have the power it should not be used in a doubtful case, and after two judgments below denying the relief, unless the reasons are imperative. Writ refused. INDEX. ABATEMENT. 1. The rule at common law, that qui tam actions on penal statutes do not 2. An action to recover penalties and forfeitures for the infringement of a ACTION. See ABATEMENT; JURISDICTION, B, 7; ALABAMA. See EXECUTOR AND ADMINISTRATOR; AMENDMENT. See JURISDICTION, A. 14. APPEAL. See JURISDICTION, A, 8, 9, 10; ASSIGNEE IN BANKRUPTCY. A, residing in Maryland, and a stockholder in a manufacturing corpora- by mortgage of all its property. The company became embarrassed ATTORNEY AT LAW. A contract with an attorney to prosecute a claim against the United See CONTRACT, 3. AWARD. See CLAIMS CONVENTION WITH MEXICO, 1. BANK. See ESTOPPEL, 1; PRINCIPAL AND Agent, 1. BANKRUPTCY. Property was sold to H, by order of a court of bankruptcy. He not pay- See JURISDICTION, A, 19. BILL OF EXCHANGE. When a bank, the owner and holder of a bill of exchange on a foreign BOND. See INTERNAL REVENUE, 2. BOUNDARIES. See COUNTY. BRIDGE. See COUNTY; BROKERS. See CUSTOM. CHAMPERTY. See CONTRACT, 3. CIRCUIT COURTS OF THE UNITED STATES. CLAIMS AGAINST FOREIGN GOVERNMENT. See CLAIMS CONVENTION WITH MEXICO. CLAIMS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES. Payment of a claim against the United States, to a tutrix appointed under See ATTORNEY AT LAW; |