STATE OF RUSSIA v. BANKERS' TRUST CO.


4 F.Supp. 417 (1933)

STATE OF RUSSIA v. BANKERS' TRUST CO. et al.

District Court, S. D. New York.

September 18, 1933.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Coudert Brothers, of New York City (Frederic R. Coudert and Mahlon B. Doing, both of New York City, of counsel), for plaintiff.

White & Case, of New York City (J. Du Pratt White and Joseph M. Hartfield, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant Bankers' Trust Co.

Shearman & Sterling, of New York City (Philip A. Carroll and Otey McClellan, both of New York City, of counsel), for defendant National City Bank.


FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge.

The plaintiff, state of Russia, seeks to recover a fund of approximately $151,449 which is the credit balance in a special deposit account in the defendant National City Bank. The account is in the name of plaintiff's alleged agent, who actuated this suit, Serge Ughet, whom the American government recognizes as the financial attaché of the Russian embassy, even in the absence of an ambassador, and as the custodian of the property...

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