Richard v. National City Bank

The suit was for a deposit made by the plaintiffs in defendant’s Petrograd branch bank in Russia, of rubles, Russian money, which sum so deposited the defendant is alleged to have agreed to repay in such amounts and at such times as the plaintiff's might demand, in Petrograd, Russia.

The breach claimed is that on September 1, 1918, the defendant discontinued its business at the branch at Petrograd and failed to designate any agent upon whom a demand could be made, or who was in possession of funds from which to pay demands and it became impossible for plaintiffs to demand or receive from the…