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Re Jz

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Vincent
JurisdictionSuiza
CourtCourt of Cassation (Switzerland)
Date16 février 1921
Docket NumberCase No. 43
Switzerland, Obergericht (Court of Appeal) of the Canton of Zürich,
Case No. 43
In re J. Z.

State Succession — International Conventions — Dismemberment of States — Czechoslovakia as Party to International Conventions Concluded by Austria-Hungary.

The Facts.—J. Z., of Althabendorf (Bohemia), began an action against I. R., of Zürich, before the District Court of Zürich. The Court fixed a date by which the plaintiff was to give security for costs. The plaintiff appealed, contending that as Czechoslovakia was formerly a part of Austria-Hungary, which was a party to the Hague Convention on Civil Procedure, the Czechoslovak State continued to be a party to that Convention.

Held: That the appeal failed. Czechoslovakia had not declared her accession to the Hague Convention on Civil Procedure. It could therefore only be argued that this State is a party to the Convention by virtue of State succession. However, according to information given by the Swiss Legal...

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