Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Guinness
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 16, 1925No. 80 and 81PublishedCited by 77 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Holmes
These are cross petitions based upon a suit brought against the Alien Property Custodian by Guinness and others, doing business under the firm.' name of Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., in New York. The facts are not in ^dispute. A German firm, Joerger. and others doing business under the name of Delbriick, Schickler & Co., was indebted to the American firm under an account stated on December 31, 1916, for 1079.35 marks, subject to a setoff of $35.35. The debt was not paid when the war between Germany and the United States began, April 6, 1917. The Alien Property Custodian had taken property of the…
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