Koninklijke Lederfabriek " Oisterwijk " N. V. v. Chase National Bank

This apparently simple motion for leave to serve a notice of the pendency of the action has given rise to questions of unusual importance. The action is at law to recover money deposited with defendant by a Netherlands corporation. In anticipation of the German invasion the Netherlands Parliament enacted a law authorizing Netherlands corporations to change their “ seat ” (which apparently means more than principal office and seems to be substantially in the nature of domicile) from the territory of the Netherlands in Europe to other Netherlands territory, and defendant’s depositor took the…