Assignment of Debt (Eastern Sector of Berlin) Case.

Abstract

Jurisdiction — Territorial Limits of — Foreign Confiscatory Decrees — Effect of — Debt Owed to Victim of Confiscation — Debtor in Country of Forum — Assignment of Claim by Victim of Confiscation to Assignee in Country of Forum — Whether Assignee Entitled to Payment — The Law of Germany.Recognition of Legislative Acts of Foreign States — Confiscatory Decree — Effect of Decree in Country of Forum — Debt Owed to Victim of Confiscation — Debtor in Country of Forum — Assignment of Claim by Victim of Confiscation to Assignee in Country of Forum — Whether Assignee Entitled to Payment — The Law of Germany.