Stack v. Strang

SWAN, Chief Judge.

The appellants are executors of the estate of James A. Stack who died after his appeal was taken. Mr. Stack was a collector of rare coins. His collection included a twenty dollar gold piece, dated 1933, of an issue minted 'by the United States. The Treasury Department notified him that this coin had been stolen from the United States, that he was not entitled to retain it, and that a Secret Service agent would call upon him to receive it. In June 1945 Mr. Stack delivered the coin to such agent under protest and with an express reservation of the right to institute legal…