Case Name: Gertrud Strauss, Respondent, v. United States Lines Company, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1943-05-25
Citations: 180 Misc. 664
Docket Number: 
Parties: Gertrud Strauss, Respondent, v. United States Lines Company, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 180
Pages: 664–665

Head Matter:
Gertrud Strauss, Respondent, v. United States Lines Company, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
May 25, 1943.
John F. X. McKiernan for appellant.
Alfred Feingold for respondent.
See, also, Baer v. United States Lines Co., 180 Misc. 456. — [Rap.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Defendant's obligation was to refund reichsmarks and entitled plaintiff to a judgment in dollars measured by the rate of exchange prevailing at the place and date of demand of refund. (Hoppe v. Russo-Asiatic Bank, 235 N. Y. 37, 39.) Forty cents per reichsmark represents the official rate of exchange adopted in transactions controlled by the German Government at the time reichsmarks were paid to defendant and is not representative of the value of reichsmarks in foreign exchange.
Judgment reversed, and judgment directed in favor of plaintiff, the amount to be assessed accordingly in the court below.
Hammer, Shientag and Hecht, JJ., concur.