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PILGER v. SUTHERLAND

No. 5273.

57 F.2d 604 (1932)

PILGER et al. v. SUTHERLAND, Alien Property Custodian, et al.

Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia.

Decided March 7, 1932.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank S. Bright, H. Stanley Hinrichs, and Mabel Walker Willebrandt, all of Washington, D. C., and A. W. Lafferty, of New York City, for appellants.

H. B. Cox, of Washington, D. C., for appellees Howard Sutherland and Walter O. Woods.

Thomas H. Creighton, Jr., of Washington, D. C. (Otto C. Sommerich and Henry A. Stickney, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Adolph Wagner.

Edwin N. Cherrington, of Washington, D. C. (Otto C. Sommerich and Henry A. Stickney, both of New York City, of counsel), for appellee Leo Koehler.

Before MARTIN, Chief Justice, and ROBB, VAN ORSDEL, HITZ, and GRONER, Associate Justices.

GRONER, Associate Justice.

After the outbreak of the war between Great Britain and Germany, the British public trustee, on behalf of the British government, seized various branches of German banks located in London. In the possession of these branch banks he found a large number of certificates representing shares of stock in American corporations, and these he took possession of, in virtue of his office, and applied to the English courts for authority vesting title...

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