GMO. Niehaus & Co. v. United States

MADDEN, Judge.

This is a suit to recover the value of •property belonging to the plaintiffs, and taken possession of by the United States by action of the Director, Office of Alien Property, who purported to act under the Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C.A.Appendix §§ 1-40.

*429The corporate plaintiff is a Costa Rican corporation. Three of the natural plaintiffs are citizens of both Germany and Costa Rica, having dual citizenship. The other two are German citizens. All five have been residents of Germany at all times here pertinent.

On and prior to January 1, 1947, the corporate plaintiff,…