Mannhardt v. Soderstrom
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
A CAPIAS returnable to September, term 1805 was issued against the defendant, by which he was arrested and held to bail. A declaration was filed de bene esse on the 8th November; and the bail bond was sued to December term, and judgment obtained. Special bail was entered on the 14th February 1806, and on the 20th of the same month the defendant’s attorney filed the following suggestion and plea.
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A CAPIAS returnable to September, term 1805 was issued against the defendant, by which he was arrested and held to bail. A declaration was filed de bene esse on the 8th November; and the bail bond was sued to December term, and judgment obtained. Special bail was entered on the 14th February 1806, and on the 20th of the same month the defendant’s attorney filed the following suggestion and plea. “ Defendant suggests that he was at and before the time of “ instituting the above action, and since that time has continued “ to be and still is Consul General of his majesty the king of “ Siveden,…
1Opinion of the Court
Txlghman C. J.
now delivered the opinion of the court.
This is an action on the case on a bill of exchange drawn by the defendant, who appeared and pleaded the general issue; at the same time entering a protest against the court’s jurisdiction, verified by his oath, in which he averred that at the time of issuing the writ in this cause he was, and still is consul general of his majesty the king of Sweden, in the United States of America. The defendant’s counsel have now brought the point of jurisdiction before the court, by a motion to quash the writ; and it is confessed by the counsel for the…
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