Irish Free State v. Guaranty Safe Deposit Co.

The plaintiffs sue certain banks and safe deposit companies, together with DeValera and O’Mara (hereinafter referred to as the trustees) and certain agents to secure moneys deposited in the banks and securities lodged in the vaults of the safe deposit companies. These moneys and securities are the proceeds of subscriptions made by thousands of citizens of Irish birth, descent or sympathy to aid the cause of the Irish Republic. To each subscriber was issued a certificate which acknowledged receipt of the subscription and was “ exchangeable if presented at the Treasury of the Republic of…