Jonassen v. United States

BYERS, District Judge.

This is a motion ’by respondent Norwegian America Line A/S, sued as Norwegian-Ameri'can Lines, Inc., for an order declining jurisdiction since this is a cause, as alleged, between aliens — -Norwegians— and under the laws of Norway there is adequate and sufficient remedy open to libelant.

The facts upon which the motion is based are set forth in affidavits of counsel and the Norwegian Vice-Consul in this city; there is no opposing affidavit, which means that the recitals are accepted as true for the purposes of this motion.

The showing is that the libelant signed shipping…