Honolulu County HI Archives News.....$138,000 JUDGMENT ORDERED IN 17 YEAR OLD PFLUEGER ESTATE CASE 1949
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UNKNOWN NEWSPAPER 1949
  San Francisco, Sept. 22 (AP) – Federal Judge Michael J. Roche Wednesday 
ruled that the estate of Johann Carl Pflueger must pay the government a total 
of $138,486, ending one of the final chapters in a 17 year old law suit.
  Judge Roche rendered a summary decision, so-called because the facts were 
agreed upon, against Henry H. Pflueger and Henriette Pflueger, the latter 
executrix of the estate.
  The sum involves $79,289 interest accumulated since 1932 on a principal of 
$59,197.
  Henry and Johann Pflueger were brothers born in Hawaii to J. C. Pflueger, 
who amassed a fortune in the islands under the reign of King Kalakaua. Henry 
was born in 1859 and Johann in 1861.
  (J. C. Pflueger was a big stockholder in the H. Hackfeld Co., Ltd., which 
eventually became a part of American Factors, Ltd. He also was one time consul 
general for Germany here.
  Henry moved to Prussia
  Johann Pflueger came to San Francisco to live, but his brother took up 
residence in Prussia and became a citizen of that nation, which pre-dated the 
German kingdom.
  When World War I came, Henry Pflueger’s property in the United States was 
seized by the U.S. government’s alien property custodian. Mr. Pflueger 
reclaimed his property in 1927, but the government withheld 20 per cent of it 
under seizure law.
  Subsequently Johann Pflueger was given power of attorney to recover the 20 
per cent, and upon claiming his brother was a U.S. citizen the government paid 
over.
  Recovery was sought
  But in 1932 the government sued to recover the 20 per cent, alleging that 
Henry Pflueger was a German citizen.
  The decision Wednesday was the result of all parties agreeing Henry Pflueger 
had been a German citizen.
  Henry Pflueger died in 1947. He was a professor at the University of Bonn at 
the time of his death.
  There is some litigation still pending in Hawaii as the result of the case, 
and another case (Pflueger vs. Bazelon) is pending in Washington.
  Funds impounded in Washington will be used to pay the judgment rendered in 
San Francisco.


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