Slovakia (Occupation) Case

• Jurisdiction: Hungria
• Court: Supreme Court (Hungary)
• Docket Number: 232
• Date: 30 March 1933

Hungary, Supreme Court.

Case No.232

Slovakia (Occupation) Case.

Occupation of Enemy Territory — Legislative Functions of the Occupant — Occupation by virtue of an Armistice — Occupation of Upper Hungary (Slovakia) by the Czechoslovak Troops in November 1918 — Czechoslovak Legislation in Occupied Territories prior to the Peace Treaty.

The Facts.—Plaintiff, formerly of Hungarian nationality, had become a Czechoslovak citizen as a consequence of the Treaty of Trianon by virtue of which parts of Hungary were ceded to Czechoslovakia. After the town of Pozsony (Bratislava) in Hungary had been occupied by Czech troops but before the Treaty of Peace came into force, he entered into marriage there with the defendant. The marriage was concluded before a Roman Catholic priest without the participation of civil authorities. This was done in accordance...