STANDARD OIL CO. v. MARKHAM


57 F.Supp. 332 (1944)

STANDARD OIL CO. (NEW JERSEY) et al. v. MARKHAM, Alien Property Custodian.

District Court, S. D New York.

September 5, 1944.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenyon & Kenyon, of New York City (John W. Davis, Theodore S. Kenyon, Edward F. Johnson, and Edgar F. Baumgartner, all of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiffs.

James B. M. McNally, U. S. Atty., of New York City (William L. Lynch, Asst. U. S. Atty., of New York City, Herbert Wechsler, Asst. Atty. Gen., George A. McNulty, Chief, Alien Property Unit, of Washington, D. C., Philip W. Amram, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., David R. Mason, M. S. Isenbergh, Chief, Trial Atty., and Roy C. Frank, Head Atty., all of Washington, D. C., and John Ernest Roe, Gen. Counsel, Alien Property Custodian, of Madison, Wis., of counsel), for defendant.


KNOX, District Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought suit against the Alien Property Custodian pursuant to the provisions of Section 9(a) of the Trading with the Enemy Act of October 6, 1917, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix § 9(a), to establish their alleged ownership to certain contracts, corporate stock, patents, and other property rights which, upon the Custodian's demand for their possession, he vested in himself under the terms of Vesting Order No. 1, dated March...

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