Legal Opinion
Chadwick v. Gill
Court of Chancery of Delaware
Decided April 20, 1928PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The Chancellor.
The motion will be denied. The pendency of a prior suit in personam in a foreign court, betweeñ the same parties for the same cause of action, is no sufficient cause for stay or bar of a suit instituted in a domestic court. Howard v. Wilmington & Susquehanna R. R. Co., 2 Har. 471; White v. Whitman, 1 Curt. 494, 29 Fed. Cas. No. 17, 561; Hatch v. Spofford, 22 Conn. *128485, 58 Am. Dec. 433; Seevers v. Clermont, 28 Mo. 426, 84 Am. Dec. 448; Lowry v. Hall, 2 Watts & S. 129, 38 Am. Dec. 495; Smith v. Lathrop, 44 Pa. 326; Cox v. Mitchell, 7 C. B. (N. S.) 55, 1414 Eng. Rep. 734;…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hatch v. SpoffordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1852
- Lowry v. HallSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1841
- White v. WhitmanU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Rhode Island · 1852
- Smith v. LathropSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1863
3Cited by19 opinions
- McWane Cast Iron Pipe Corp. v. McDowell-Wellman Engineering Co.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1970
- General Foods Corporation v. Cryo-Maid, Inc.Supreme Court of Delaware · 1964
- General Foods Corp. v. Cryo-Maid, Inc.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1964
- Lanova Corp. v. Atlas Imperial Diesel Engine Co.Superior Court of Delaware · 1949
- Life Assurance Co. of Pennsylvania v. Associated Investors International Corp.Court of Chancery of Delaware · 1973
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