Case Name: N. V. Handelmaatschappij J. Smits, Import-Export, Respondent, v. Republic Chemical Corporation, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1959-06-04
Citations: 19 Misc. 2d 554
Docket Number: 
Parties: N. V. Handelmaatschappij J. Smits, Import-Export, Respondent, v. Republic Chemical Corporation, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 19
Pages: 554–554

Head Matter:
N. V. Handelmaatschappij J. Smits, Import-Export, Respondent, v. Republic Chemical Corporation, Appellant.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department,
June 4, 1959.
Alfred S. Julien for appellant.
Hiram G. Shields and Harold W. Grubart for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
The papers submitted disclose the existence of an issue of fact as to whether or not a Dutch attorney was retained by the defendant to represent it in an action brought in a Holland court. This issue alone is sufficient to defeat the application for summary judgment made by plaintiff in the court below.
The judgment and order should be reversed, with $10 costs to appellant, and motion denied.
Concur — Hofstadter, J. P., Hecht and Aurelio, JJ.
Judgment and order reversed, etc.