Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance v. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp.
Court of Chancery of Delaware
1Opinion of the Court
. The Chancellor :
The jurisdiction of this court to entertain a bill of the pending sort is for the present purpose conceded-by the defendant. The concession, however, is only temporary, the point being reserved for final hearing. See upon the question, Prudential Ins. Co. v. Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corp., 111 N. J. Eq. 166, 162 A. 139.
The argument upon the pending motion has, principally, narrowed the question to this—Was the suit in this court commenced before the law action in the Supreme Court of New York, and, if- so, should this court, in support of its own prior jurisdiction, restrain…
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