Logan v. Lucas

It is a well r.ecognized doctrine, that the State courts can not enjoin proceedings in the courts of the United States, nor the latter in the former courts. 2 Story’s Eq. Ju. sec. 900; Munson v. Harroun, 34 Ill. 422.

Although the bill in this case does not seek to enjoin, directly, B. W. Booth & Co., the plaintiffs in the judgment in the United States Circuit Court, upon which the execution issued, or the United States officer charged with the execution, but only the appellees, Harvey B. & Luna Lucas, yet the bill alleges, that the appellees caused the execution to be issued, and that they…