...prohibited or restrained in another.3 The Revised Statutes of the United States expressly provide that " The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." * Accordingly a Federal court has refused to enjoin a railway company from taking possession of land...

...general rule that a federal court may not enjoin proceedings in a state court, an exception is made in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy. Rev. St. US § 720. When the state court is in possession, through its receiver, of assets that it...

...Co. v. Folsom, 3 Fed. Rep. 509.) § 240 (720.) Injunction to stay proceedings in State courts. — The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy. [See sec. 5106.] (Rev. Stats, sec. 720.) This section must be construed in connection with sec. 716....

...Co. v. Folsom, 3 Fed. Rep. 509.) § 240 (720.) Injunction to stay proceedings in State courts. — The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy. [See sec. 5106.] (Rev. Stats, sec. 720.) This section must be construed in connection with sec. 716....

...1793 was carried forward into section 720 of the Revised Statutes, with the addition of the words " except in cases where such injunction may be authorized...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy," and Opinion of the Court. under that exception restraint by injunction was held authorized in Chapman...

...judiciary act of 1793 which expressly declares that a writ of injunction shall not be granted by a court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a state. The general doctrine invoked in this case — that the courts of one state may enjoin parties personally...

...complainant was forbidden in the Federal court by section 720 of the Revised Statutes, which declares that " the writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." The questions necessary for us to consider are, first, whether the sale of land by a sheriff under...

...section 720 of the United States Revised Statutes (US Comp. Stat. 1916, § 1242), providing that " The writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." The court said: "The provision has been in force more than a century and often has been considered...

...ante, pp. 82, 88. 8 This is now Rev. Stat. § 720, and to the words in the text are added these : " Except in cases where such injunction may be authorized...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." which purpose has been preserved in its administration, was to prevent any interference between the...

...Cliff. 552, Fed. Cas. No. 12,762. Power to Restrain State Courts. Kev. St. US § 720, provides that "the writ of injunction shall not be granted by any...by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy." The bankruptcy act provides that "a suit which is founded upon a claim from which a discharge would...