Continuity of States — Incorporation of Austria into German Reich and subsequent reconstitution of independent State of Austria — Rights accruing to Reich against Austrian local authority while Austria part of Reich — Whether rights vest in Republic of Austria after reconstitution of independent Austrian State Austrian State Treaty, Article 22 — The law of Austria.

State succession — Succession to rights — Succession to claims vested in predecessor State — Claims of a public law nature — Claim of German Reich against Austrian local authority while Austria part of Reich — Subsequent reconstitution of independent Republic of Austria — Whether claim vests in Republic of Austria upon reconstitution of independent Austrian State — Austrian State Treaty, 1955, Article 22 — The law of Austria.