Wheeler v. Badenhausen Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
In Equity. Suit’by Morris Wheéler and other against the Baden-hausen Company. A receiver for defendant was appointed in that suit, and petition for revocation of his appointment is made by receivers appointed for such company by a court of Delaware.
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, District Judge.
[1] This petition is based upon the well-known rule that, where two courts have concurrent jurisdiction, it is the policy of the law that the jurisdiction of both shall not be concurrently invoked and exercised, and, as between two courts having concurrent jurisdiction of the subject-matter of an action, the court which first obtains jurisdiction has the right to proceed to its final determination without interference from the other. O’Neil v. Welch, 245 Fed. 261, 157 C. C. A. 453; Pitt et al. v. Rodgers, 104 Fed. 387, 43 C. C. A. 600; Taylor v. Taintor, 16 Wall. 366,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Taylor v. TaintorSupreme Court of the United States · 1873
- Riggs v. Johnson CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1868
- Palmer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1909
- In Re JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1897
- McKinney v. LandonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1913
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- Ward v. FoulkrodCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1920