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SMITH v. SNYDER

No. 10145.

181 F.2d 278 (1950)

SMITH v. SNYDER, Secretary of the Treasury.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided February 13, 1950.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Claude L. Dawson, Washington, D. C., for appellant.

Mr. L. Clark Ewing, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, and Mr. Joseph M. Howard, Assistant United States Attorney, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee.

Before CLARK, PRETTYMAN and WASHINGTON, Circuit Judges.

PRETTYMAN, Circuit Judge.

Appellant Smith brought a civil action against the Secretary of the Treasury, alleging that military officers of the United States in France had seized from him (Smith) personal funds in the amount of thirteen thousand five hundred dollars in hundred-dollar bills and had illegally paid the seized money into the Treasury of the United States. He prayed that the court declare the Secretary to be an involuntary trustee for the fund and, further...

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