Coale v. Société Co-operative Suisse Des Charbons

AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge.

This is an action for failure to take and pay for coal sold to the defendants under a written contract. The Swiss government did not appear, but service of the summons and complaint was made upon the defendant Soeiété Co-operative Suisse des Charbons, a foreign corporation chartered by the government of Switzerland. On July 17, 1917, the Federal Council of Switzerland delegated to the Department of Commerce the power to control the importation and distribution of coal. This department caused the Soeiété to be organized on March 17,1919, to purchase coal in…