S. Jarvis Adams Co. v. Knapp.

Citations

• 213 Pa. 567
• 62 A. 1112
• 1906 Pa. LEXIS 533

Syllabus

<p>Equity — Foreign jurisdiction — Decree of court of other state not enforceable in Pennsylvania.</p> <p>A court of equity in Pennsylvania is without power to enforce any but its own decrees. It cannot adjudge the decree of any other court binding, or punish for the violation of any decree except its own.</p> <p>Equity — Contract—Injunction—Restraint of trade.</p> <p>Where a person resident in another state was enjoined by a federal court from engaging in the manufacture of certain specialties in violation of a contract, and subsequently such person removes to this state, and engages in the manufacture of such specialties, a court of equity in this state on evidence sufficient to overcome a responsive answer of denial, will enjoin such manufacturing; and it will do this under its general equity powers and under a general prayer for relief, and not with the intent to enforce the decree of another court.</p>