Magg v. Miller

VAN ORSDEE, Associate Justice.

This appeal is from a decree of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, dismissing the bill of appellant, Magg, in an action against the Alien Property Custodian and the Treasurer of the United States to recover certain stock seized and held by them.

It appears that Magg has resided in Switzerland for more than 52 years, excepting 1% years’ residence in Paris, and that he became a citizen of Switzerland, April 27, 1899. On April 10, 1915, one Georg Wustenfeld, a citizen of Germany, purchased 850 shares of the capital stock of the Bearings Company of…