Submarine Signal Co. v. United States

Under the authority of the joint resolution of Congress of May 12, 1917, 40 Stat. 75, the President of the United States by a proclamation of June 30, 1917, took over to the United States the immediate possession of and title to 53 merchant vessels owned in whole or in part by citizens, corporations, or subjects of Germany, with which country the United States was at war. These vessels were at various ports of the United States when they were so taken over.

At the time they were taken over by virtue of the joint resolution aforesaid all of these vessels were equipped and *657had attached to them…