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Royal Norwegian Navy v. David Smith Steel Co.

185 Misc. 880 Court Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department, Decision date 1945-11-02 English

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p. 880
Royal Norwegian Navy, Respondent, v. David Smith Steel Co., Inc., Appellant, et al., Defendants.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
November 2, 1945.
Joseph P. Carey for appellant.
Max J. Gwertsman for respondent.

Since the moving papers establish that the plaintiff is an agency of a foreign government and is neither a person nor a corporation, it has no legal capacity to sue (Telkes v. Hungarian National Museum, 265 App. Div. 192 ; MacAffer v. Boston & Maine Railroad, 242 App. Div. 140 , 145, revd. on ather grounds, 268 N. Y. 400 ).

p. 881
The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion granted.

McLaughlin, Eder and Hecht, JJ., concur.

Order reversed, etc.

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