Sielcken-Schwarz v. American Factors, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The bills in equity which the judge dismissed for insufficiency are alike. Each alleged that the plaintiff, a citizen of' the United States, not domiciled in enemy territory, was a stockholder in a Hawaiian company, and that the alien property custodian wrongfully seized her shares on January 28, 1918, and had them issued in the name of a trust company as depositary for him. That on April 20, 1918, he voted upon them for a new board of directors, and in July, after the new board had so recommended, again voted, this time to sell the assets of the company to the…
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