Clostermann v. Schmidt

This is an appeal by the defendant Attorney General of the United States, acting in his capacity as the Alien Property Custodian, pursuant to the Trading with the Enemy Act (50 USC App § 1 et seq.), and to whom we will hereinafter refer as “the Custodian.” It has its origin in a proceeding for a declaratory judgment initiated by Robert G. Clostermann, as executor of the last -will and testament of Friedrich Georg Gottlob Schmidt, to determine whether legal and actual reciprocity existed between the United States and Germany on the date of Schmidt’s death, as required by § 61-107, OCLA (Oregon…