Ripley v. Von Zedtwitz

Opinion op the Court by

Judge Clay

Affirming.

In the year 1895, Mary E. B. Caldwell, an American citizen, married Baron Yon Zedtwitz, a citizen and resident of Prussia. They had only one child, Waldemar Conrad Yon Zedwitz, who was born in'Berlin on May 8, 1896. At the time of his birth, and for a short time thereafter, his father lived in Prussia. In the year 1908, and after the death of his father, Waldemar and his mother, it is alleged, became naturalized citizens of Switzerland. His mother, Mary Caldwell Von Zedwitz, died in the year 1910, the owner of some very valuable real estate located…