Steinfink v. North German Lloyd Steamship Co.

Action to recover $627, the equivalent of German marks paid by plaintiff to defendant in Austria (1) for transportation from Southampton, England, to the United States, and (2) for traveler’s checks to be used on the passage. Because of the war the voyage of the steamship was canceled; plaintiff did not receive the agreed upon transportation and no part of the money paid was returned to him.

In opposition to plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment, and in support of the defense of German law, the affidavit of defendant’s expert states that by the German Devisen, or foreign exchange laws,…