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GARCIA v. CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A.

No. 296, Docket 83-7530.

735 F.2d 645 (1984)

Juanita Gonzalez GARCIA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CHASE MANHATTAN BANK, N.A. and Siro Perez Oliva, Defendants, The Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A., Defendant-Appellant, Siro Perez Oliva, Third Party Plaintiff-Appellee, Jose M. Perez Gonzalez, Third Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided March 28, 1984.

As Amended June 20, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Connick, New York City (Mark N. Parry, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, of counsel), for defendant-appellant.

Guy L. Heinemann, New York City, Edelmiro Salas Garcia, Hato Rey, P.R., of counsel, for plaintiff-appellee Garcia and third party defendant-appellee Gonzalez.

Marcelo Curi, Flushing, N.Y., for third party defendant-appellee Oliva.

John L. Warden, H. Rodgin Cohen, Michael Straus, Maria Foscarinis, Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for amicus curiae The New York Clearing House Ass'n.

Gerald D. Roth, Irving Margolies, Peter P. Kenny, Lipkowitz & Plaut, New York City, for amicus curiae Esther Garcia Manas Perez, Administratrix of the Estate of Rosa Maria Manas Y Pineiro, Deceased.

Before MESKILL, KEARSE and CARDAMONE, Circuit Judges.

MESKILL, Circuit Judge:

Defendant Chase Manhattan Bank, N.A. (Chase) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Broderick, J., entered after a jury trial, awarding plaintiff Juanita Gonzalez Garcia $760,383.30 as the amount due on two certificates of deposit issued by Chase's Vedado, Cuba branch prior to Cuban government seizure of the branch's assets. We affirm.

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