Illinois Central Railroad Company v. William P. Rogers, Attorney General of the United States, as Successor to the Alien Property Custodian

BASTIAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court granting appellee’s motion for summary judgment in a suit filed by the Attorney General, as successor to the Alien Property Custodian, to enforce a vesting order under the Trading with the Enemy Act. 40 Stat. 411, as amended, 50 U.S. C. A.Appendix, § 1 et seq. 1. The facts are not in dispute and may be briefly summarized as follows:

Mitsubishi Shoji Kaisha, Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Mitsubishi), a Japanese corporation, in March 1941 made shipments of lubricating oil over the lines of Illinois…