Andersen, Meyer & Co. v. Fur & Wool Trading Co.

(after stating the facts as above). Sepailoff was commandant of Urga under Baron Ungern, who, as an anti-Bolshevik leader, had entered Mongolia in aid of the Mongolian struggle for independence. Sepailoff seized Noskoff, the appellee’s agent, at his home after midnight, imprisoned him, pillaged his house, demanded a heavy ransom from his wife, and took possession of the appellee’s premises and seized the furs which are the subject of the present suit. Kotoff, the appellant’s agent, purchased the furs from Sepailoff and paid him $24,000 (gold), a sum which the evidence indicated was far below…