Legal Opinion

Banque Franco-Americaine v. . Bergstrom

New York Court of Appeals

Decided February 25, 1919PublishedCited by 3 opinions

Appeal from a judgment entered March 17, 1916, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, which modified an order of the court at a Trial Term setting aside a verdict in favor of defendants and granting a new trial by striking therefrom the provision directing a new trial and directing the entry of final judgment in favor of plaintiff, who sued on two drafts for $10,000, each drawn on the defendants by the Banque Alsacienne…

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Appeal from a judgment entered March 17, 1916, upon an order of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the first judicial department, which modified an order of the court at a Trial Term setting aside a verdict in favor of defendants and granting a new trial by striking therefrom the provision directing a new trial and directing the entry of final judgment in favor of plaintiff, who sued on two drafts for $10,000, each drawn on the defendants by the Banque Alsacienne de Paris to its own order and accepted by the defendants. The defense pleaded in substance was that the drafts had been…

1Opinion of the Court

Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.

Concur: Hiscock, Ch. J., Collin, Cuddeback, Cardozo, Pound and Andrews, JJ. Dissenting: Crane, J.

2Cited by3 opinions

  1. Weiss v. BrownAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1922
  2. Fadex Foreign Trading Corp. v. Crown Steel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1947
  3. Yager v. Ajax Chemical & Surgical Commodities, Inc.City of New York Municipal Court · 1924

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