Sanderson v. . Morgan

Although the Plaintiff was not an alien enemy at 'the time this demurrer was put in, he was an enemy adhering to an organized force at war with the Government of the United States, which had been recognized as belligerents, both by the civil Courts and the executive branch of the Government.

The same reasons which make it proper that an alien enemy should be incapacitated from making contracts, or from maintaining actions, apply with equal force to any other kind of enemy adhering to an organized force which is prosecuting war against the Government.*

In the one case as well as the other, if…