Sumiye Umeki Yamauchi v. Rogers

WALSH, District Judge.

The above entitled cause is brought under Section 9 of the Trading with the Enemy Act [50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1 et seq.]. Plaintiff seeks to recover the proceeds of an insurance policy issued in the name of her father, and seized by the Alien Property Custodian, and for which claim had been made by her father prior to his death.

The applicable sections of the Act are:

Ҥ 2. Definitions.

“The word ‘enemy’, as used herein, shall be deemed to mean, for the purposes of such trading and of this Act [sections 1-6 and 7-39 of this Appendix]—

“(a) Any individual * * * of any…