REPUBLICAN FUNDS
FREE STATE CLAIM NOT UPHELD BY COURT DONORS TO HAVE MONEY BACK By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright Reed. S a.m. NEW YORK, Wed. The suit of the Irish Free State in the Supreme Court, claiming that, as successor to the Irish Republic, it w T as entitled to the bonds subscribed in the United States for the Republican cause, was dismissed. At the same time, the court denied the claim of Mr. de Valera or his cotrustees to the bonds, which were ordered to be sold, the proceeds to revert to the original subscribers.—A. and N.Z.-Sun.
The sum involved -was £500,000, which was subscribed by Irish Republicans in 1922. Mr. de Valera, as president of the Irish Republic, was a witness for the defence.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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124REPUBLICAN FUNDS Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 42, 12 May 1927, Page 9
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