BANK OF NEW YORK v. IRWIN INT'L IMPS., INC.


197 A.D.2d 462 (1993)

602 N.Y.S.2d 859

Bank of New York, Appellant, v. Irwin International Imports, Inc., Respondent

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

October 26, 1993


We agree with the IAS Court that an issue of fact exists whether plaintiff knowingly violated the letter of credit it had issued when, at its customer's request, it transferred the funds it seeks to recover to defendant, or whether the transfer was inadvertent, the result of misrouting the customer's request to the wrong department; if knowing, the doctrine of unclean hands would preclude recovery on the theory of constructive trust. As for plaintiff's alternative theory...

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