Legal Opinion
Bator v. Hungarian Commercial Bank of Pest
New York Supreme Court
Decided February 16, 1949PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPecora, J.
This is a motion by defendant, under sections 288, 292, 301 and 302 of the Civil Practice Act, for an order directing the issuance of a commission to take the testimony, upon written interrogatories, of four witnesses in the city of Budapest, Hungary.
The action is brought to recover for an alleged breach of a contract of employment made on December 30,1938, under which plaintiff — then a citizen of Hungary, but now a citizen of this country — was engaged as general counsel for the defendant. The defendant is a banking institution in Hungary. It maintains no office or place of business here.…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Bator v. Hungarian Commercial Bank of PestNew York Supreme Court · 1949
- Bator v. Hungarian Commercial Bank of PestAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1949
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