Legal Opinion
United States v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1936No. Nos. 195—197PublishedCited by 288 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Hughes
The United States, claiming to be the owner of certain funds which originally had belonged to Russian insurance companies, brought these suits for accounting and delivery. The companies had made deposits with the Superintendent of Insurance of the State of New York in order to obtain authority to transact business within the State. The complaints alleged that in 1917, or 1918, the companies had been dissolved, and their properties had been “confiscated and appropriated,” by decrees of the Russian State. The claim of the United States is based upon an assignment made by the Russian Government,…
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