Legal Opinion
Fred S. James & Co. v. Rossia Insurance Co. of America
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 14, 1928PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Brien, J.
During the year 1904, the Rossia Insurance Company of Petrograd, a corporation organized under the laws of the former Russian Empire, established a United States department of its business at Hartford, Conn. This department conducted reinsurance in this State and many other States. It was entirely in charge of Carl F. Sturhahn who possessed full power of attorney to do all things which the Rossia by its charter was authorized to do. Although this department was not then incorporated, its status was analogous to that of a corporation and it was managed on a basis entirely separate from the…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Russian Reinsurance Co. v. StoddardNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Wulfsohn v. Russian Socialist Federated Soviet RepublicNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Russian Socialist Federated Soviet Republic v. CibrarioNew York Court of Appeals · 1923
- Fred S. James & Co. v. Second Russian InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
- Sliosberg v. New York Life InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Petrogradsky Mejdunarodny Kommerchesky Bank v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Severnoe Securities Corp. v. London & Lancashire InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Moscow Fire Insurance v. Bank of New York & Trust Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1939
- United States v. President & Directors of Manhattan Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1938
- A/S Merilaid & Co. v. Chase National BankNew York Supreme Court · 1947
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