Legal Opinion
McGrath Atty. Gen. v. Cities Service Co.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 13, 1951No. 21925_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
L. HAND, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a judgment summarily dismissing the complaint of the Attorney-General as substituted owner of three negotiable bonds, payable to bearer, against the Cities Service Company, the obligor, and the Chase National Bank of New York, the “indenture trustee.” The plaintiff claimed to have become the obli-gee of the bonds by virtue of a “vesting” order, issued by him as Alien Property Custodian under § 7(c) and § 5(b) of the Trading with the Enemy Act; 1 and the only issue is whether upon the conceded facts he is right. Of the original three bonds one had…
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