New York Court of Appeals
The Third Avenue Railroad Company, Respondent v. the Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of the City of New York, Appellants
June 5, 187354 N.Y. 159
Summary
The Court affirmed the injunction preventing the City of New York from prosecuting multiple suits against the Third Avenue Railroad Company until one suit could be finally decided, holding that a court of equity has jurisdiction to restrain a multiplicity of suits when the underlying court lacks power to consolidate them.