WARIN v. WILDENSTEIN & CO., INC.


45 A.D.3d 459 (2007)

846 N.Y.S.2d 153

FRANCIS WARIN et al., Appellants, v. WILDENSTEIN & CO., INC., et al., Respondents.

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

Decided November 27, 2007.


Plaintiffs, the great-nephew of Alphonse Kann and an organization dedicated to preserving Kann's memory and recovering his artwork, seek to recover eight illuminated manuscripts that were allegedly stolen from Kann by the Nazis during World War II and are now in the possession of defendants. Defendants filed a request for judicial notice of French law pursuant to CPLR 4511, seeking a determination that plaintiffs' claim was barred...

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