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MELLON v. ORINOCO IRON CO.

No. 491.

266 U.S. 121 (1924)

MELLON, SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES, ET AL. v. ORINOCO IRON COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 17, 1924.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. William R. Harr and Mr. Edward S. Duvall, for appellee, in support of the motion to dismiss or affirm.

Mr. Solicitor General Beck, for appellants, in opposition to the motion.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the Court.

The subject of this suit is $56,250, now in the Treasury of the United States, which is the undistributed balance of an indemnity of $385,000 received by the Secretary of State from Venezuela. This was in satisfaction of the claim of the Orinoco Company, Limited, hereafter known as the Limited Company, against Venezuela because of her illegal annulment of the so-called Fitzgerald concession, which by mesne...

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