PUB. ADMIN. v. ROYAL BK. OF CANADA


19 N.Y.2d 127 (1967)

Public Administrator of the County of New York, as Administrator of The Estate of Miguel R. L. Lopez, et al., Respondents, v. Royal Bank of Canada, Defendant, and Royal Bank of Canada (France), Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Allingham, Melber Chambers and George W. McGrath, Jr. for appellant.

Hobart L. Brinsmade, Joseph T. Arenson, Reginald Leo Duff, Waldemar J. Dittmar and Edward G. Miller, Jr., for respondents.

Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING concur; Judge BREITEL taking no part.


Chief Judge FULD.

The underlying issue presented by this appeal is whether service of process on the New York branch of a foreign (Canadian) bank sufficed to give our courts jurisdiction over an incorporated branch of the same bank located in France. However, before we reach that issue, we must pass upon the plaintiff's motion to dismiss the proceedings in our court on the ground that the question certified to...

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