Legal Opinion
Knocklong Corp. v. Kingdom of Afghanistan
New York County Courts
Decided March 25, 1957PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCyril J. Brown, J.
This is a motion by the defendants, Kingdom of Afghanistan and A. H. Aziz, appearing specially, to dismiss the complaint on the ground that this court lacks jurisdiction over the persons of the defendants.
On June 4, 1954 the Kingdom of Afghanistan became the fee owner of certain real property located in the village of Kings Point in Nassau County. This property was acquired and is maintained to house the person of the Chief Representative of Afghanistan to the United Nations, Abdul Hamed Aziz, one of the defendants in this action, as well as to serve as the office of, and repository of…
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