Legal Opinion
Commission for Polish Relief, Ltd. v. Banca Nationala A Romaniei
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 2, 1941PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSteinbbink, J.
The defendant National Bank of Roumania, appearing specially, asks the court to decline jurisdiction of the within action upon the ground that the forum adopted is not convenient for the trial of the prospective issues.
The complaint alleges that the defendant is a private Roumanian banking corporation; that in October, 1939, the Bank of Poland, a private Polish banking corporation, delivered to the defendant for safekeeping gold bars representing a value of $3,060,704; that in April, 1940, the Bank of Poland transferred all of its rights in and to the said gold to the Polish Food Commission,…
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