Silverstein v. Chartered Bank Hong Kong

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered May 5, 1976, after trial before the court without a jury, in favor of the plaintiff in the sum of $15,402, inclusive of interest, costs and disbursements, unanimously reversed, on the law and on the facts, and vacated and the complaint dismissed, with $60 costs and disbursements to appellant. The defendant-appellant Marine Midland Bank, from its branch in New York City, transferred $12,500 of the plaintiffs money to the named defendant, Chartered Bank of Hong Kong, in Hong Kong with instructions to pay it out when explicit instructions had…