Bernstein v. N. V. Nederlandsche-Amerikaansche Stoomvaart-Maatschappij

DIMOCK, District Judge.

Under date of July 20, 1953, I filed an opinion in this case, 15 F.R.D. 32, in which I denied the right of third-party defendant Chemical Bank to examine third-party plaintiff Holland-Ameriea Line through one Van Der Vorm on the ground that corporate parties could not be examined through their directors and Van Der Vorm’s position approximated that of a director of an American corporation.

Chemical Bank has now moved, on additional papers, for a determination that Holland-Ameriea may be examined through Van Der Vorm. It is urged upon me that Van Der Vorm’s positions as…