MARKHAM v. CABELL

No. 76.

326 U.S. 404 (1945)

MARKHAM, ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN, ET AL. v. CABELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Paul A. Freund argued the cause, and Acting Solicitor General Judson, Assistant Attorney General Wechsler, Messrs. M.S. Isenbergh and Raoul Berger were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Hartwell Cabell, with whom Mr. Charlton Ogburn was on the brief, for respondent.

Messrs. George Whitefield Betts, Jr. and George Yamaoka filed a brief as amici curiae, urging affirmance.


MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent, an American citizen, brought this suit against the Alien Property Custodian and the Treasurer of the United States to recover from the assets of the Assicurazioni Generali di Trieste e Venezia, an Italian insurance company, the unpaid portion of a claim for legal services rendered that company. The assets of the company had vested in the Alien Property Custodian...

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