Perutz v. BOHEMIAN DISC. BANK IN LIQUIDATION

304 N.Y. 533 (1953)

Mary Perutz, as Administratrix of The Estate of Arthur Perutz, Deceased, Respondent,

v.

Bohemian Discount Bank in Liquidation, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued October 6, 1952.

Decided January 9, 1953

Philip F. Farley for appellant.

Lincoln Orens for respondent.

LEWIS, CONWAY, DESMOND, DYE, FULD and FROESSEL, JJ., concur.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J.

At the times and on the occasions to which we shall refer, the defendant was a banking corporation organized and existing under the laws of Czechoslovakia with a place of business at Prague. In 1940, it acquired all the…