Ritchie v. Drier

Private Law No. 509, approved July 19, 1940, directed the Secretary of the Treasury to pay to appellee Drier $160,000 with interest “as if” such an award to her “had been entered by the Mixed Claims Commission, United States and Germany.” 54 Stat. 1341. The Secretary paid her a part of the amount. She sued him in the District Court for the balance. He deposited the balance in court and interpleaded appellant Ritchie, and others, who claimed portions of it. The District Court ordered its clerk to pay to appellee Drier and her attorney two-thirds of the sum deposited, and to hold the remaining…