Legal Opinion
Stephen v. Zivnostenska Banka
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 12, 1961PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcNally, J.
The question presented is the legal effect of the suggestion of sovereign immunity dated June 26, 1959 and letters amendatory thereto on the judgment herein entered August 6, 1956.
The action is grounded on section 977-b of the Civil Practice Act which expresses and implements the public policy of the State of New York not to enforce foreign confiscatory decrees as to property within the State. (Bollack v. Societe Generale, 263 App. Div. 601.) The judgment in favor of plaintiff Otto Augstein and against defendant Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation (herein designated Zivno Banka, N. C.),…
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