Hannes v. Kingdom of Roumania Monopolies Institute

The defendant makes this application solely and exclusively for the purpose of pleading immunity from suit. It seeks an order whereby is decreed the refusal of this court to accept jurisdiction of this action on the ground that the action relates to the public debt of the Kingdom of Roumania, that the sovereign rights of the said kingdom are involved and affected by the action, that the defendant is an agent or instrumentality of the said kingdom, that the Kingdom of Roumania and the defendant as its agent and instrumentality respectfully decline to submit to the juris*545diction of this court,…