MARKHAM v. ALLEN

No. 60.

326 U.S. 490 (1946)

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

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 7, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. M.S. Isenbergh, with whom Solicitor General McGrath, Messrs. Harry LeRoy Jones and Raoul Berger were on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. Joseph Wahrhaftig submitted for respondents.


MR. CHIEF JUSTICE STONE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question is whether a district court of the United States has jurisdiction of a suit brought by the Alien Property Custodian against an executor and resident heirs to determine the Custodian's asserted right to share in decedent's estate which is in course of probate administration in a state court.

On January 23, 1943, petitioner, the Alien Property...

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