I have no doubt, whatsoever, that it is. perfectly competent for the court to grant the present motion. It is often done in the circuit court in this circuit, where the jurisdiction of the court would or might be otherwise ousted. The same practice has been sanctioned upon the same ground by the supreme court of the
Greeley v. Smith
10 F. Cas. 1074
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