BANKHAUS HERMANN LAMPE KG v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEP.

No. 74 Civ. 1423 (VLB).

466 F.Supp. 1133 (1979)

BANKHAUS HERMANN LAMPE KG, Plaintiff, v. MERCANTILE-SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST COMPANY, ACF Industries, Incorporated, American Bank Note Company, Emery Air Freight Corporation and National Airlines, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

January 11, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Guggenheimer & Untermyer, New York City, for plaintiff.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for defendant Mercantile.

Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for defendant ACF.

Doran & Cunningham, New York City, for defendant National.

Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, for defendant Emery.

Gottesman, Wolgel & Smith, New York City, for defendant American.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

VINCENT L. BRODERICK, District Judge.

I

Introduction

This case arises out of the theft of a shipment of a series of equipment trust certificate engravings from Kennedy International Airport in New York ("Kennedy") on March 22, 1973, and subsequent use of the engravings as collateral for a loan obtained from plaintiff Bankhaus Hermann Lampe KG ("Bankhaus"), a German banking company. This court has jurisdiction under...

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