Adjudication in Prize of German Bonds Case.

Abstract

Warfare at sea — Prize law — Extent of jurisdiction of prize courts — Judgment of foreign prize court confiscating debt situate in forum State — Debt owed by German debtor represented by bonds issued in Germany and expressed in German currency — Bonds in England when confiscated by adjudication in prize — Whether English creditor deriving title from adjudication may claim recognition of title in Germany — Effect on creditor's claim of Convention on Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation, 1954 — The law of Germany.

Jurisdiction — Territorial limits of — Effect of foreign judgment confiscating debt owed by debtor in forum State — Adjudication in prize of German debt by English court — Debt represented by bonds held within jurisdiction of English court — Whether creditor deriving title from this judgment may apply for recognition of title in Germany — Effect on creditor's claim of Convention on Settlement of Matters Arising out of the War and the Occupation, 1954 — The law of Germany.