Burke v. National Shawmut Bank of Boston

This is an action of contract to recover the exchange value on August 18, 1927, of one hundred fifty thousand German marks. The facts on which the action is sought to be maintained are these: The defendant at all times here material was a national banking association, during 1920 maintained accounts in banks in Germany, and was engaged in the kind of foreign banking business permitted by the banking laws of the United States. The mark was the standard monetary unit of value in Germany. In August and November, 1920, the plaintiff requested the defendant to send him certificates of deposit in…