Pan American World Airways, Inc., sued the corporate defendant as well as the individual Brian Maitland-Smith for conversion based on the alleged failure to remit proceeds of air travel tickets. The sole issue raised on appeal is whether Special Term properly exercised its discretion in declining to direct the civil arrest of the individual defendant. The severity of the remedy of civil arrest warrants its being applied only in very limited cases (Bata v Bata, 277...
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