PIASCIK v. BRITISH MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT


54 F.Supp. 487 (1943)

PIASCIK v. BRITISH MINISTRY OF WAR TRANSPORT.

District Court, S. D. New York.

December 23, 1943.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner, of New York City, for plaintiff.

Reid, Cunningham & Freehill, of New York City, for defendant.


CAFFEY, District Judge.

The defendant, appearing specially, asks this court to dismiss the action and to vacate and quash the return of service of the summons and complaint.

The ground on which the motion rests is that the defendant is a constituted department of the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, a friendly foreign sovereign (hereinafter called the United Kingdom). The procedure by which the claim was brought before...

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