Wildermann Case

• Jurisdiction: Rumania
• Date: 15 November 1933
• Court: District Court (Romania)

Roumanian District Court

Wildermann Case

Territory — Annexation of — Effect on Nationality of Persons not Resident in the Territory — Option of Nationality.

See the Wildermann Case decided by the Roumanian District Court of Ismail on November 15, 1933: Recueil Général, 1934, p. 55. In this involved decision, which does not call for a detailed report, the Court seems to have held: (a) that as the result of annexation persons born in the annexed territory acquire the nationality of the annexing State, (b) that, nevertheless, that automatic acquisition of nationality is accompanied by a right of option to be exercised within a definite period, and (c) that the exercise of the right of...