TY - JOUR
AU - Sommerich, Otto C.
AB - COMMENTS 443 of Civil Procedure until recently had not been extended to Trieste, and conse­ quently the state attorney at the tribunal and court of Trieste had no authority to take recourse against matrimonial decrees. ALBERT O MONTEL* * Professor of Law, University of Torino; Member of the Italian Bar. NE W YORK: A RECENT RXJXING ON PROOF OF FOREIGN LAW—In the case of Eastern Paper & Box Co., Inc. v. Calz American Co., Inc. (New York County Supreme Court—tried before Mr. Justice Saypol and a jury on November 18, 19, 22, 23, 1954), there was involved, amongst others, a cause of action in slander based upon words allegedly uttered by the defendant's principal officer in Havana, Cuba. The defendant alleged as an affirmative defense that under the circumstances set forth in the complaint, an action for slander does not exist under Cuban law. Plaintiff rested after adducing evidence in support of its causes of action, but did not offer any proof, by expert witness or otherwise, that under Cuban law the words alleged to have been uttered gave rise to any cause of action. Defendant moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to prove a cause of action, 
TI - New York: A Recent Ruling on Proof of Foreign Law
JF - American Journal of Comparative Law
DO - 10.2307/837822
DA - 1955-07-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/oxford-university-press/new-york-a-recent-ruling-on-proof-of-foreign-law-L9vS2VObM3
SP - 443
EP - 444
VL - 4
IS - 3
DP - DeepDyve
ER -