Case Name: Hugo Zimmern and Bertha Zimmern, Respondents, v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Also Known as Holland America Line, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-05-28
Citations: 177 Misc. 91
Docket Number: 
Parties: Hugo Zimmern and Bertha Zimmern, Respondents, v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Also Known as Holland America Line, Appellant.
Judges: Hammer and McLaughlin, JJ., concur; Shientag, J., concurs in result.
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 177
Pages: 91–92

Head Matter:
Hugo Zimmern and Bertha Zimmern, Respondents, v. N. V. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche Stoomvaart Maatschappij, Also Known as Holland America Line, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
May 28, 1941.
Burlingham, Veeder, Clark & Hupper [Edward L. Smith of counsel], for the appellant.
Samuel A.Reinach, Jr. [Julius Roth of counsel],for the respondents.
See Kassel v. N. J. Nederlandsch Amerikaansche, etc. (177 Misc. 92).

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
As the deposit with the defendant was made in Germany in reichsmarks restricted by German law and the contract, and the only refund thereunder which plaintiffs can collect is in reichsmarks similarly restricted, which must be repaid in a Jewish Auswanderer blocked account in Germany, having no market value here, plaintiffs were not entitled to judgment again,st defendant in dollars.
Judgment reversed, with thirty dollars costs, and complaint dismissed on the merits, with costs.
Hammer and McLaughlin, JJ., concur; Shientag, J., concurs in result.