Petersen v. Brockelmann

Shea, Ch. J.

This is an action for seaman’s wages. The motion is made to vacate a writ of attachment issued in this action, and to discharge from the custody of the local law the bark Earnest and Benno, the prop,erty of the defendant, now held by virtue of that writ. The defendant declines the jurisdiction of the courts of the State; and the consul-general of the German empire, resident at the port of New York, presents an official protest to the court, denying its right to retain jurisdiction “ especially ” in “differences of any kind” “in reference to wages and the execution of mutual…