Legal Opinion
Severnoe Securities Corp. v. London & Lancashire Insurance
New York Court of Appeals
Decided January 6, 1931PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Cardozo, Ch. J.
The Northern Insurance Company of Moscow, dismembered by the decrees of the Russian Soviet Republic, retains a pallid life as the shade or little more of its former self. There is a cause of action in its favor growing out of transactions in England with a British insurance company, having a domicile in England, though with a branch in New York. Of the board of directors of the Moscow company, a board consisting of five regular members and two alternate members, two only survive. These authorized a manager, whose authority was confined to the transaction of current business, to…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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