Plesch v. Banque Nationale de la Republique d'Haiti
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
The order appealed from vacates a warrant of attachment on the ground that the cause of action did not arise within the State of New York, which is essential to the jurisdiction of the court inasmuch as the parties are nonresidents (General Corporation Law, § 225). The decisive question on this appeal relates to whether there was a conversion by defendant of plaintiffs’ securities at New York City, so that the cause of action can be held to have arisen in this State.
Plaintiffs Arpad Plesch and Leonie Plesch are stateless persons residing in Switzerland who are at present in the United States…
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