Legal Opinion
Banque Mellie Iran v. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 14, 1949PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtFuld, J.
Disposition of this appeal is controlled by our two decisions in Singer v. Yokohama Specie Bank, the one decided today (299 N. Y. 113), the other in 1944 (293 N. Y. 542).
The facts are undisputed. During the first' half of 1941, plaintiff, the Central Bank of Iran, seeking- to create credits in favor of certain exporters in Japan, ordered a New York City bank, the Irving Trust Company, to pay to the New York Agency of Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., various sums of money, totaling $117,162.27. These funds were transmitted by the Agency to Japanese branches of Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd., and stood…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Singer v. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1944
- Moscow Fire Insurance Co. of Moscow v. Heckscher & GottliebAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1940
- Moscow Fire Insurance Co. of Moscow, Russia v. HeckscherNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Singer v. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- Banque Mellie Iran v. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
3Cited by10 opinions
- Lyon v. SingerSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Hughes Tool Co. v. United Artists Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1952
- City and County of Honolulu v. KamHawaii Supreme Court · 1965
- Singer v. Yokohama Specie Bank, Ltd.New York Court of Appeals · 1949
- People v. BetilloNew York Supreme Court · 1967
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