States as international persons — State succession — With regard to contractual and other obligations and concessions — Irregular requisition of private property by French civil authorities in Algeria — Article 18 of Declaration of Principles concerning Economic and Financial Co-operation of 19 March 1962 — Article 17 of Judicial Protocol of 28 August 1962 — Interpretation of — Whether action originally begun against French authorities in Algeria for compensation for requisition within jurisdiction of French courts — Whether French or Algerian States responsible for compensation — The law of France.