Phelan v. Smith
Phelan v. Smith
8 Cal. 520
Phelan v. Smith
Opinion of the Court
The demurrer was properly sustained, for two reasons.
1. A State Court cannot enjoin the proceedings of a Federal Court. 1 Kent, 451.
2. A Court of co-ordinate jurisdiction cannot restrain the proceedings of another Court of the same jurisdiction. Ricketts and Wife v. Johnson and others, July, 1857.
Judgment affirmed.
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