DEUTSCHE BANK v. HUMPHREY

No. 224.

272 U.S. 517 (1926)

DEUTSCHE BANK FILIALE NURNBERG v. HUMPHREY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 23, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Amos J. Peaslee for the petitioner, submitted.

Messrs. William Grant, William P. Hubbard, and John B. Zimdars for the respondent, submitted.

Solicitor General Mitchell filed a brief on behalf of the Alien Property Custodian and the Treasurer of the United States.


MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is a suit to reach and apply to a debt due from the Deutsche Bank Filiale to Humphrey money seized by the Alien Property Custodian and paid into the Treasury of the United States. Humphrey, an American citizen, deposited money, payable on demand, in a German Bank in Germany, and demanded it, as the Courts have found, on or about June 12, 1915. The money was not paid, and this suit was begun on July 9, 1921...

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