Chase v. Wetzlar
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL PROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OE THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, The facts, which inyolve the jurisdiction of this court under § 5 of the act of 1891 and of the Circuit Court under § 8 of the act of 1875, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice White
Suing as a citizen of Pennsylvania, Chase, who was complainant below, made defendants to the bill by which this cause was commenced, Emil Wetzlar and William P. Bonn, alleged to be “alien subjects of the Emperor of Germany, residing in Frankfort-on-the-Main, executors of the estate of- Gustave J. Wetzlar, deceased.” It was averred that the testator, a naturalized citizen of the United States and a- resident of the city of New York, died in 1898; that his will was probated on February 1, 1899, in the Surrogate’s Court of the county of New York, •and that letters testamentary were duly issued…
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