Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1941

Zimmern v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij

Zimmern v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided May 28, 1941 · Hammer, McLaughlin, Shientag
177 Misc. 91; 28 N.Y.S.2d 824; 1941 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1941

Counsel

Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper [Edward L. Smith of counsel], for the appellant., Samuel A.Reinach, Jr. [Julius Roth of counsel],for the respondents.

Zimmern v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

As the deposit with the defendant was made in Germany in reichsmarks restricted by German law and the contract, and the only refund thereunder which plaintiffs can collect is in reichsmarks similarly restricted, which must be repaid in a Jewish Auswanderer blocked account in Germany, having no market value here, plaintiffs were not entitled to judgment again,st defendant in dollars.

Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.

Hammer and McLaughlin, JJ., concur; Shientag, J., concurs in result.

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