Newman v. Basch

An issue of novel impression is raised by the. pleadings in this action. The declaration is upon an alleged judgment of the United States Consul-General at Shanghai, China. The plea is that the judgment was not duly given or rendered.

Consuls have anciently been the. repositories of quasi-judicial functions. As representatives of the variform populations of the mediaeval Italian city republics it was by custom and usage the rule to refer to them the settlement of differences in commercial matters between citizens of their national sovereignty,- and ultimately. criminal causes involving persons…