Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York March 10, 1933 (Salimoff & Co. v. Standard Oil Co.)

Merrell, J.

These actions were brought by eleven Russian corporations, one Russian copartnership, and six Russian individuals. It is alleged that the plaintiffs are the owners or lessees of oil lands in the Baku region of Russia. Plaintiffs seek to recover the value of oil which they allege has been taken from their oil lands by the existing Soviet government in Russia and sold to the defendants.