Thorndike v. Thorndike

The single question is here presented whether the fact that a citizen of this State is prosecuting a suit at law against intestate estate of a deceased citizen of this State, found in another State, upon a cause of action which is barred by our Statute of Limitations but which is not barred by the Statute of Limitations in which the suit is being prosecuted, authorizes a court of chancery in this State, having jurisdiction of the person of the plaintiff, to enjoin him from further prosecuting his suit at law in the other State. The courts below decided, and, as we think, correctly, in the…