Alma Helm Agajan v. Ramsey Clark, Attorney General of the United States

FAHY, Circuit Judge:

Appellants filed complaint in the District Court against the Attorney General 1 as successor to the Alien Property Custodian. They allege they are non-enemy shareholders of Helm Bros. Ltd., a corporation of the United Kingdom, Hong Kong. Certain of its assets were vested December 8, 1950, by appellee’s predecessor as assets of an enemy as that term is defined in the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. § 2. The vesting order set forth as the corporation’s last known address and principal place of business Yokohama, Japan, and stated the corporation was a national of…