Becker Steel Co. v. Cummings

MACK, Circuit Judge.

The bill alleges in substance that plaintiff is an American citizen; that its property was seized by the former Alien Property Custodian as the property of an alien enemy and thus wrongfully seized; that it was sold for $20,000; that nearly $4,000 was paid out by the Alien Property Custodian as expenses directly connected with the sale of such property; that theretofore an action was begun and a decree rendered in this court for $20,000, the value of the property so seized, without any allowance for the expenses so incurred; that that decree was satisfied and full releases…