Legal Opinion
American Union Bank v. Swiss Bank Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided April 21, 1930No. 152PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge (after stating the facts as above).
The plaintiff has brought action to recover the consideration advanced on the ground that the defendant agreed with the plaintiff to transmit 3,000,000 Polish marks to Polska Bank in the city of Warsaw for the credit of the Bank of the United States, and failed to perform its obligation. The defendant insists that the plaintiff was merely acting as defendant’s agent in selling the marks to the Bank of the United States for defendant’s account, whereas plaintiff claims to have made the contract on its own behalf as principal.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Sokoloff v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1924
- Sokoloff v. National City BankNew York Court of Appeals · 1928
- Myers v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1911
- Aachen & Munich Fire Ins. v. Guaranty Trust Co. of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1928
3Cited by2 opinions
- Nissenberg v. FellemanMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1959
- Culmone v. American Express Co.New Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1949