Legal Opinion
Royal Norwegian Navy v. David Smith Steel Co.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided November 2, 1945PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Per curiam
Since the moving papers establish that the plaintiff is an agency of a foreign government and is neither a person nor a corporation, it has no legal capacity to sue (Telkes v. Hungarian National Museum, 265 App. Div. 192; MacAffer v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 242 App. Div. 140, 145, revd. on ather grounds, 268 N. Y. 400).
*881The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion granted.
McLaughlin, Eder and Hecht, JJ., concur.
Order reversed, etc.
2Cases cited3 opinions
- MacAffer v. Boston & Maine RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- MacAfferr v. Boston & Maine RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1934
- Telkes v. Hungarian National MuseumAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1942
3Cited by2 opinions
- Little Shoppe Around the Corner v. Carl, New York County Courts1975
- Argentine Airlines v. Aircraft Dynamics Corp.New York Supreme Court · 1957