UNITED STATES v. BELMONT

No. 532.

301 U.S. 324 (1937)

UNITED STATES v. BELMONT ET AL., EXECUTORS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 3, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Reed and Mr. David E. Hudson, with whom Messrs. W.W. Scott, A.H. Feller, Albert Levitt, and Paul A. Sweeney were on the brief, for the United States.

Mr. Cornelius W. Wickersham for respondents.


MR. JUSTICE SUTHERLAND delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an action at law brought by petitioner against respondents in a federal district court to recover a sum of money deposited by a Russian corporation (Petrograd Metal Works) with August Belmont, a private banker doing business in New York City under the name of August Belmont & Co. August Belmont died in 1924; and respondents are the duly-appointed executors...

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