Anninger v. Hohenberg

The defendants, who admittedly owe the plaintiffs $8,572.58, seek permission under section 51-a, of the Civil Practice Act, to notify Josef Schmied, administrator and liquidator of the plaintiffs’ business in Austria, of the pendency of this action so that Schmied might assert whatever claim he has to funds of the defendants, attached here in satisfaction of plaintiffs’ concededly valid demand.

The facts are free from dispute. Since 1872 the plaintiffs, who are Jews, were in business in Austria. When the German Reich enveloped Austria, the plaintiffs' business was seized and appropriated by…