Guaranty Trust Co. v. North Chicago St. R. Co.
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to June 1, 1899, the North Chicago Street Railroad Company and the West Chicago Street Railroad Company (herein called, respectively, the North Chicago Company and the West Chicago Company) operated independent systems of surface street railroads on the North and West Sides, respectively, of the city of Chicago.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Prior to June 1, 1899, the North Chicago Street Railroad Company and the West Chicago Street Railroad Company (herein called, respectively, the North Chicago Company and the West Chicago Company) operated independent systems of surface street railroads on the North and West Sides, respectively, of the city of Chicago. On June 1,1899, each of those companies executed a lease to the Chicago Union Traction Company (herein called the Union Traction Company) demising its property and franchises to that…
1Opinion of the CourtJenkins, Circuit Judge
(after stating the facts as above). The rule is axiomatic that the courts of the United States should not interfere with proceedings in the courts of the state, except so far as may be necessary to assert and protect a rightful jurisdiction. The rule is emphasized by the provisions of a statute as old as the judicial system of the United States: “The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a state, except in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy.” Rev. St. § 720 [U.…
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