Wilson v. Wilson’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “The pendency of an action in the courts of one state or country is not a bar to the institution of another action between the same parties and for the same cause of action in a court of another state or country, nor is it the duty of the court in which the latter action is brought to stay the same pending a determination of the earlier action, even though the court in which the earlier action is brought has jurisdiction sufficient to dispose of the entire controversy. Nevertheless, sometimes stated as a matter of comity, not of right, it is usual for the court in which the later action is brought to stay proceedings under such circumstances until the earlier action is determined .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Brooks Erection Co. v. William R. Montgomery & Associates, Inc.