Aronstam v. James
Opinion of the Court
The affidavits make it clear that the petitioners did
finally emerge out of this maelstrom of contradictions with their claims
Aronstam’s suit is under section 9 of the Trading with the Enemy Act (Comp. St. 1918, Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1919, § SllSj/áe), and the funds of the respondent Mrs. James arc in the treasury of the United States awaiting the determination of it. The petitioners had no lien upon these funds under section 1405 of the Code of Civil Procedure of New York, because they are not chattels nor subject to levy by execution.
The District Court is not distributing a fund in which the petitioners have any interest entitling them to intervene under equity rule 37 (33 Sup. Ct. xxviii), or enabling them as citizens of a foreign country to sue elsewhere than in the District of Columbia.
Entertaining these views, we think there is no merit in the motion for a stay, which is accordingly denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- ARONSTAM v. JAMES Petition of JAMES
- Status
- Published