Case Name: Goddard against Luby
Court: South Carolina Court of Common Pleas
Jurisdiction: South Carolina
Decision Date: 1795-01
Citations: 1 Bay 440
Docket Number: 
Parties: Goddard against Luby.
Judges: (present, Grimke and Waties, Justices)
Reporter: South Carolina Law Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 440–441

Head Matter:
Goddard against Luby.
All disputes between French citizens, must be determined by the French cónsul.
CASE for slanderous words. On motion made, a non-suit was ordered by the court, as the parties, plaintiff and defendant, were French citizens.
By the 12th article of the convention between France and. America, for defining the functions of consuls, &c. it is declared, “ That all disputes between the subjects of his most u Christian Majesty in the United States, or between the “ citizens of the United States within the dominions of the u most Christian King, &c. shall be determined by their st respective consuls and vice-consuls, either by reference “ to arbitrators, or by a summary judgment without costs. Under the construction of this article,

Opinion:
The Court
(present, Grimke and Waties, Justices)
referred the parties to the French consul for redress»