Von Lingen v. Field

The fundamental question in this case is whether the share of an American residuary legatee, to whom, during the period of the European War, certain American securities belonging to a German estate were transferred by the executors, prior to the date of general distribution, should be charged in the final settlement with a large intervening appreciation of the American assets as valued in the depreciating German currency. The advancement was made in the course of the administration of the estate of Catherine Marie Von Lingen, who died in Bremen, Germany, in August, 1916, leaving a will which…