Garvan v. Marconi Wireless Telegraph Co. of America
District Court, D. New Jersey
Proceeding by Francis P. Garvan, as Alien Property Custodian, against the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America. On rule to show cause why shares of stock of the company standing in the name of the Dresdner Bank should not be transferred to the Alien Property Custodian.
1Opinion of the Court
REDRSTAB, District Judge.
Under section 7(a) of the Trading with the. Enemy Act (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § 3115%d), the Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company reported that 2,945 shares of its common capital stock stood on its books in the name of the Dresdner Bank of Bremen, Germany. Upon investigation the Alien Property Custodian concluded that the bank was an alien enemy within the purview and meaning of the act, and accordingly demanded the Marconi Company to transfer the stock to him as Alien Property Custodian, cancel the old certificates of stock, issue new ones, and…
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