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SUIT AGAINST HAILE SELASSIE. CLAIM FOR £23,000 MADE. RANK AND FINANCES. (United Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.5 a.m.) LONDON, November 21. Is Haile Selassie still Emperor of Abyssinia, or merely a Royal refugee from a conquered country ? Is he wealthy or penniless? These questions may be decided by the High Court as the result of a writ taken out on Friday by an American, Leo Chertok, who took a prominent part in the plan to lease a large part of Abyssinia to a group of international financiers ten years ago. Chertok is suing Selassie for £23,000 for cash advanced, and commission. Selassie is faced with the alternative of refusing to defend the action, whereby Chertok will get judgment by default, or of entering an appearance through his solicitor and defending the action. According to English law no court has jurisdiction over a- sovereign. If, therefore, Haile Selassie decides to make this a preliminary issue it will be left to the court to decide whether Chertok can continue with his claim.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 58, Issue 36, 22 November 1937, Page 5
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