Legal Opinion
Meyers v. Credit Lyonnais
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1932PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHubbs, J.
The plaintiff is the assignee for collection only of a claim on contract which accrued in Russia in the year 1918 in favor of a Russian citizen against the defendant, a French bank having a branch in Petrograd.
The action was commenced in November, 1930, by an attachment of property of the defendant in this State. More than six years had expired after the cause of action accrued before it was assigned by the Russian citizen. The Statute of Limitations had not run against the cause of action in Russia or in France, the residence of the defendant. The defendant moved at Special Term, under rule…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Ruggles v. KeelerNew York Supreme Court · 1808
- Olcott v. . the Tioga Railroad CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1859
- National Surety Co. v. RuffinNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Connecticut Trust & Safe Deposit Co. v. WeadNew York Court of Appeals · 1902
- Miller v. . BrenhamNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Rosecrans v. William S. Lozier, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1944
- Holzer v. Deutsche Reichsbahn-GesellschaftNew York Court of Appeals · 1938
- Cvecich v. GiardinoCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1940
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