Propper v. Taylor

Prior to December 7, 1941, plaintiff, a citizen of the United States residing in New York, was appointed receiver of the assets in this State of an Austrian corporation referred to in the record as A. K. M. and brought this 'action to recover a sum of money allegedly due on contract from defendant to that Austrian corporation. Upon a motion for a stay made after December 7, 1941, I considered whether or not the action *71came within the rule that an alien enemy resident in the enemy’s country cannot during the war prosecute an action in our courts, and concluded that it did not for the reason…