Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 March 1920 — EX-DUKE WINS AGAINST STATE [ARTICLE]

EX-DUKE WINS AGAINST STATE

Confiscation of Estate by People's Commissioners In Germany " Held Illegal. Berlin, Germany,—The former reigning duke of Gotha hah won his suit against the free state, which peremptorily confiscated his property and incorporated it among the state’s assets without affording the duke the slightest reimbursement. The duke immediately began suit to recover the estate and also claimed damages. In their defense the people’s commissioner pleaded that they had acted within the letter of their prerogatives and were not answerable to the court. This plea has been rejected by the new tribunal, which has decided that the seizure of the duke’s property was H* legal. A special commission will now negotiate for a compromise.