Christen v Onderlinge Maatschappij

• Jurisdiction: Holanda
• Judgment Date: 05 May 1951
• Court: Obsolete Court (Netherlands)
• Date: 05 May 1951
• Docket Number: Case No. 207

Holland, Council for the Restoration of Legal Rights (Judicial Division), The Hague.

Case No. 207

Christen

and

Onderlinge Oorlogs-Molestverzekerings-Maatschappij.

Belligerent Occupation — Respect for Private Property — Sequestration of Enemy Property by Occupant — Insurance of Property — Liability of Owner to Pay Insurance Premiums.

The Facts.—Christen was a Netherlands subject who owned a number of houses at The Hague. During the Second World War he was resident in Great Britain. In July 1942 the German occupation authorities treated his property in Holland as enemy property under Occupation Ordinance No. 26 of 1940, and placed it under compulsory administration. The...