Lonsdale Shop, Inc. v. Bibily

This is an application to vacate a judgment obtained against the defendant Paul Emile Bibily after personal service of summons upon him. The application to vacate is based upon two grounds: First, that the defendant Paul Emile Bibily is a consular officer of the French Republic, holding the office of chancellor in the French Consulate-General’s .office in the city of New York and that because of his official position in that capacity, this court has no jurisdiction of his person; and secondly, that the summons was served upon the said defendant in the office of the French Consulate-General in…