Case Name: John A. Stephen, Formerly Known as Hans Augstein, Plaintiff, and Otto Augstein, Respondent, v. Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Also Known as Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Formerly Zivnostenska Banka or Zivnostenska Bank, Appellant, and Edwin B. Wolchok, as Receiver, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-11-01
Citations: 12 N.Y.2d 781
Docket Number: 
Parties: John A. Stephen, Formerly Known as Hans Augstein, Plaintiff, and Otto Augstein, Respondent, v. Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Also Known as Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Formerly Zivnostenska Banka or Zivnostenska Bank, Appellant, and Edwin B. Wolchok, as Receiver, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 12
Pages: 781–784

Head Matter:
John A. Stephen, Formerly Known as Hans Augstein, Plaintiff, and Otto Augstein, Respondent, v. Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Also Known as Zivnostenska Banka, National Corporation, Formerly Zivnostenska Banka or Zivnostenska Bank, Appellant, and Edwin B. Wolchok, as Receiver, Respondent.
Argued October 2, 1962;
decided November 1, 1962.
Lemuel Skidmore arid Howard F. Ordman for appellant.
Sigmund Timberg, Alexander Slater and Abraham Wolf for Edwin B. Wolehok, receiver, respondent.
Nicholas B. Doman for plaintiff-respondent.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, with costs, upon the opinion at the Appellate Division. Question certified answered in the affirmative.
Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and Judges Dye, Field, Froessel, Van Voorhis and Foster. Judge Burke dissents in the following opinion.