MR. JUSTICE WOODS delivered the opinion of the court. He stated the facts in the language above reported, and continued:
Section 720 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides "that the writ of injunction shall not be granted by any court of the United States to stay proceedings in any court of a State, except in cases where such injunction may be authorized by any law relating to proceedings in bankruptcy."
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