Mr. Preston, for the Comprudore, who was previously represented by Mr. Lipson Ward, "at Monday's heaving argued that his client was Porttgae-e citizen aid not subject the Court, ling that pointed to the fuct that he had immediately: put up security in the sam of Ths, 1,000 and in none of his Ave answers to the claims did he avsert that he was a Pore tupucve citizen oF protéeé, The fact, however, that he did rot deny the jurisdiction of the Court, gave the Court no inherent jurisdl him under the treaties. never before aerred his nat hot thinking that thin was a neces sary formality Mr. Todger closing the eave for ug to Pan's alles tion of Portuguese ionality, said that the Compradore had at! each hearing from. October, 1924, to june " but on March 3 Inst, February, 1025, submitted to the
immediately after" plaintists had completed their ease, he for the first time produced a letter signed by the Portuguese Consul-General, which stated that defendant was, registered at that Consulate, In 1923 when he wax sued in the French Mixed Court likewise he had submitted to that Court's juris diction. Moving submitted to the Mixed Court's jurisdiction he could nov claim to be of some foreign nationality,
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