Legal Opinion
United States v. Belmont
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided August 10, 1936No. 461PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal by the United States from a judgment which dismissed its amended complaint on the ground that it fails to state facts constituting a cause of action. The complaint is based on a demand upon the executors of August Belmont for payment of money deposited with him prior to 1918 by a Russian corporation known as the “Petrograd Metal Works,” and a refusal by the executors to pay. The theory of the action is that the Russian government by decree of June 28, 1918, confiscated the property of the metal works *543including its account against Belmont, and thereafter…
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