Guessefeldt v. Brownell, Jr., Atty. Gen. Of United States

This is an alien property litigation under Section 9(a) of the Trading with the Enemy Act, 40 Stat. 411, as amended, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix, § 1 et seq. The adequacy of the complaint was ultimately sustained by the Supreme Court, as against a motion to dismiss made before trial. Guessefeldt v. McGrath, 1952, 342 U.S. 308, 72 S.Ct. 338, 96 L.Ed. 342, reversing 1951, 88 U.S.App.D.C. 383, 191 F.2d 639. On remand the District Court concluded from the evidence adduced by both parties that Richard Guessefeldt was a resident of Germany within the meaning of Section 2 of the Trading with the Enemy Act,…