Legal Opinion

Doerschuck v. Mellon

District Court, District of Columbia

Decided December 21, 1931No. 5402 (Equity No. 50033)PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GRONER, Associate Justice.

' This is an appeal from decrees dismissing on the merits plaintiff’s bill of complaint, and also the bill of complaint of a number of interveners asking the same relief. The facts as shown by the bill may be epitomized as follows:

Gustave Doersehuek, a citizen and resident of New York state, purchased in September, 1916, from Zimmerman & Forshay, bankers in New York, a block of German government bonds. (Appellants are his executors; we shall call them plaintiff.) The German government delivered the bonds to the Deutsche Bank in Berlin, Germany, for the account of…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Oliver v. PiattSupreme Court of the United States · 1845
  2. Vaughan v. NorthupSupreme Court of the United States · 1841
  3. Wyman v. HalsteadSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
  4. United States Ex Rel. MacKey v. CoxeSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
  5. Houston v. OrmesSupreme Court of the United States · 1920

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3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Green v. BrophyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  2. Morgenthau v. Fidelity & Deposit Co. of MarylandCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1937
  3. Earll v. PickenCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1940
  4. In Re ZimmermannCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1933
  5. Ducker v. ButlerCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939

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