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BICKFORD-SMITH v. UNITED STATES

No. 46475.

80 F.Supp. 660 (1948)

BICKFORD-SMITH et al. v. UNITED STATES.

Court of Claims.

November 1, 1948.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles W. Gross, of Hartford, Conn. (Reese H. Harris, Jr., and Gross, Hyde & Williams, all of Hartford, Conn., on the brief), for plaintiffs.

Joseph H. Sheppard, of Washington, D. C., and Theron L. Caudle, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Andrew D. Sharpe and A. F. Prescott, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and MADDEN, HOWELL, WHITAKER and LITTLETON, Judges.

MADDEN, Judge.

The plaintiffs, British citizens, are the executors of the last will of John Clifford Bickford-Smith who was also a British citizen and a resident of England, and who will hereinafter be referred to as the decedent. On August 7, 1941, the decedent owned and possessed 5,391 shares of The Ensign-Bickford Company, a Connecticut corporation located in Simsbury, Connecticut.

The British Government in 1941...

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