Commission for Polish Relief, Ltd. v. Banca Nationala A Romaniei
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtTaylor, J.
This action was brought to recover $3,060,704, for alleged conversion by defendant of gold bars of that value. The facts are undisputed. The German army invaded Poland in September, 1939. The Bank of Poland, at Warsaw, sought to transfer its gold reserve to a place of safety, and caused fifty-one cases of those bars to be delivered to the defendant, at Bucharest, for safekeeping. The defendant received and receipted for the gold. While it was thus held, the Bank of Poland duly transferred its right, title and interest therein to the Polish Food Commission, Inc., duly organized under the laws…
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