Nomikos (London) Ltd. v. Petroutsis

In an action by the plaintiff, a British corporation, to recover from the defendants, alleged to be the owners of the Greek steamship Salaminia, the sum of $242,800 under a contract made in November, 1940, whereby plaintiff claims to have been employed by the defendants to act on their behalf as agent of the Salaminia, a warrant of attachment was granted on December 15, 1944. A certified copy thereof was served on December 16,1944, upon the American Express Company, Inc., the attachment garnishee. The latter, on December 21, 1944, certified to the Sheriff of the City of New York that it held…