Legal Opinion
Matter of Kahn (National City Bank)
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 31, 1940No. Appeals 1 and 2PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Lehman, Ch. J.
In 1931 the National City Bank of New York agreed to settle thirty-three actions, which had been brought in the Supreme Court of the State of New York against the bank, to recover the value of rubles claimed to have been deposited in the bank’s Petrograd branch or Moscow branch. The agreement is in the form of a letter, signed by the attorneys of the bank, addressed to the firm of attorneys who represented the plaintiffs in all those actions and approved in writing by the attorneys for the plaintiff. The bank agreed to pay nine cents for each ruble of the balance of such…
2Cases cited5 opinions
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- Matter of Siracusa v. . 421-425 West 54th Street Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1924
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