Personal Injuries (Upper Silesia) Case

Date10 Diciembre 1951
Docket NumberCase No. 29
CourtCourt of Appeal of Cologne (Germany)
German Federal Republic, Court of Appeal of Cologne.
Case No. 29

Personal Injuries (Upper Silesia) Case.

States — Continuity of — Severance of Upper Silesia from German Reich — Liability of State Employee for Tort Committed in Upper Silesia Prior to Severance — Whether Federal Republic of Germany Liable.

State Succession — Succession to Obligations — Severance of Part of Territory of State — Claim arising from Tort Committed by State Employee in Severed Part of Territory — Severance of Upper Silesia from German Reich — Whether Federal Republic of Germany Liable.

The Facts.—In 1943 the plaintiff sustained personal injuries as a result of a collision with a motor vehicle owned by the Postal Administration of the German Reich. The collision occurred in Upper Silesia which, at that time, formed part of the territory of the Reich and which, upon the conclusion of hostilities in the Second World War, was annexed by Poland. The plaintiff now brought an action for damages against the Federal...

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