Case Name: Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Railroad Company versus The City of Erie
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1855
Citations: 1 Grant 212
Docket Number: 
Parties: Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Railroad Company versus The City of Erie.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania (Grant)
Volume: 1
Pages: 212–212

Head Matter:
Cleveland, Painesville, and Ashtabula Railroad Company versus The City of Erie.
1. The Supreme Court and Common Pleas have concurrent jurisdiction in matters of equity; and pending a bill in the Common Pleas, the Supreme Court will not entertain jurisdiction for the same cause.
2. After judgment, or decree by a tribunal of competent jurisdiction, another complaint grounded on the same facts, will not be listened to, either by the same or a different court.
3. This bill having been filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Erie county, and a motion for a preliminary injunction refused, and the bill being still pending, this court refuse the injunction.

Opinion:
The opinion in this case may be found in 3 Casey's Reports, 881, where it is reported without a syllabus. The points decided not being found in the table of contents, the reporter gives them here, to facilitate reference to the case.