DE WAGENKNECHT v. STINNES

Nos. 13457, 13458.

243 F.2d 413 (1957)

Elsa W. DE WAGENKNECHT and N. V. Edmund Wagenknecht's Handel Maatschappij, Appellants, v. Mrs. Hugo STINNES, Sr., also known as Mrs. Claere Hugo Stinnes, Mrs. Clare Wagenknecht Stinnes and Clare Hugo Stinnes-Wagenknecht, et al., Appellees. Mrs. Hugo STINNES, Sr., also known as Mrs. Claere Hugo Stinnes, Mrs. Clare Wagenknecht Stinnes and Clare Hugo Stinnes-Wagenknecht, Appellant, v. Elsa W. DE WAGENKNECHT and N. V. Edmund Wagenknecht's Handel Maatschappij, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 18, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Ralph G. Albrecht, New York City, with whom Messrs. Henry F. Butler and John Geyer Tausig, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellants in No. 13,457 and appellees in No. 13,458.

Mr. James H. Mann, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Dean B. Lewis, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Mrs. Hugo Stinnes, Sr., appellee in No. 13,457 and appellant in No. 13,458. Mr. Lawrence Lesser, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for appellant in No. 13,458.

Mr. Irwin A. Seibel, Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Mr. George B. Searls, Washington, D. C., was on the brief, for Herbert Brownell, Jr., and Atlantic Assets Corp., appellees in No. 13,457.

Before PRETTYMAN, FAHY and BASTIAN, Circuit Judges.


BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

These cases involve appeals from orders of the District Court entered February 23, 1956 (as amended by order of March 15, 1956) and April 30, 1956. Although the record pertaining to these cases is somewhat lengthy, the facts necessary to a determination of these appeals may be briefly summarized.

On May 13, 1955, Mrs. Hugo Stinnes, Sr., a German national and a non-resident of the District of Columbia, filed her petition for an order...

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