Schieb v. United States

The plaintiff, a German citizen, sues to recover the value of certain cash and securities of which she claims to be the owner, but which are in the possession of the United States. The Government got possession of them by means of a “vesting” order issued by its Alien Property Custodian. The plaintiff claims that, at the time the purported vesting order was issued, she had no interest in the property in question, and that, by the time that she acquired an interest in the property, the Government’s power to vest property had expired.

The property in question was devised by William A. Aldrich, a…