Municipality of Kielce v. Stefan D. and Others.

Abstract

State responsibility — Responsibility for damage done by belligerent Occupant — Non-responsibility of Municipality for acts done by occupying authorities in its name

War — Effects of treaties of peace — Postliminium — Application to unlawful disposition of property by belligerent Occupant.

Belligerent occupation — Hague Convention No. IV of 1907 — Changes in local government in occupied country brought about by Occupant — Ineffectiveness of unlawful changes — Postliminium — Restoration of money unlawfully paid by Occupant from municipal Treasury.