RITCHIE v. DRIER

No. 9480.

165 F.2d 238 (1947)

RITCHIE v. DRIER et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided December 8, 1947.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Raoul Berger, of Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Mr. Bernard J. Gallagher, of Washington, D.C., with whom Mr. M. Walton Hendry, of Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellee Drier.

Mr. Richard L. Merrick, of Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Aron.

Messrs. Henry W. Parker, Edwin A. Mooers and Edwin A. Mooers, Jr., all of Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellee Morris Plan Industrial Bank of New York.

Mr. Soterios Nicholson, of Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellees Stern Bros. and Bonwit-Teller.

Mr. A. K. Shipe, of Washington, D.C., entered an appearance for appellee Great Lakes Steel Company.

Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Sidney S. Sachs, Assistant United States Attorney, both of Washington, D.C., entered appearances for appellee Morgenthau.

Before STEPHENS, EDGERTON and CLARK, Associate Justices.


PER CURIAM.

Private Law No. 509, approved July 19, 1940, directed the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to appellee Drier $160,000 with interest "as if" such an award to her "had been entered by the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany." 54 Stat. 1341. The Secretary paid her a part of the amount. She sued him in the District Court for the balance. He deposited the balance in court and interpleaded appellant Ritchie, and others, who claimed portions of...

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