Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York, 1967

Trinidad & Tobago United Cultural Ass'n v. Vista Travel Service, Inc.

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided April 20, 1967

53 Misc. 2d 1015; 280 N.Y.S.2d 337; 1967 N.Y. Misc. LEXIS 1592

Counsel

Condon & Forsyth (William C. Clarke, III, of counsel), for appellants. Frederick E. Samuel for respondent.

Opinion of the Court

Per Curiam.

The oral contract relied upon by plaintiff is inconsistent with the provisions of the carrier’s tariff schedule filed pursuant to the provisions of section 403 of the Federal Aviation Act (U. S. Code, tit. 49‘, § 1373) and is invalid and unenforcihle (New York & Honduras Rosario Mining Co. v. Riddle Airlines, 3 A D 2d 457 [1st Dept., 1957], affd. 4 N Y 2d 755). Estoppel cannot be invoked against a common carrier to *1016avoid a tariff provision (United States v. Associated Air Transport, 275 F. 2d 827, 832-833).

The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion granted.

Concur — Gold, J. P., Hecht, Jr., and Hofstadter, JJ.

Order reversed, etc.

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