Plettenberg, Holthaus & Co. v. I. J. Kalmon & Co.
District Court, S.D. Georgia
At haw. Action by Plettenberg, Holthaus & Co. against I. J. Kalmon & Co. and others. On plea by defendants.
1Opinion of the Court
SPEER, District Judge.
The plea here interposed is that the plaintiffs are subjects of the imperial government of Germany, and, for the reason that they are now alien enemies, their action against citizens of the United States cannot be maintained. The facts set up being admitted, the defendants, for the reasons stated, ask that the case be dismissed.
*606The plaintiffs, German subjects, had long been engaged in this country and Germany as cotton merchants. They had exten'sive dealings with American merchants and with the defendants, and have sued to recover from the latter a balance of $18,902.85,…
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