Norris v. Bergdoll

Sur Motion to Dismiss.

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The ruling of the pending motion involves a verbal dispute, the discussion accompanying which is always interminable. The case is sui generis in the sense that the present proceeding cannot be maintained unless sanctioned by the act of Congress. The Trading with the Enemy Act (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, §§ 3115½a-3115½j) condemned to seizure the property of Grover C. Bergdoll, of whom the plaintiff's decedent is averred to have been a creditor. The act recognizes that among the property seized there may be some which is not…