{"id":19240,"date":"2013-04-02T13:21:45","date_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:21:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/legaldictionary.lawin.org?p=9174"},"modified":"2013-04-02T13:21:45","modified_gmt":"2013-04-02T13:21:45","slug":"embiricos-v-anglo-austrian-bank-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lawlegal.eu\/embiricos-v-anglo-austrian-bank-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Embiricos V. Anglo- Austrian Bank"},"content":{"rendered":"
([1905] 1 K. B. 677). The transfer of a bill of exchange or other similar instrument is governed, like a transfer of chattels, by the law of the place where such instrument is when the transfer takes place.
The plaintiffs sued the defendants for damages for conversion of a cheque drawn on an English bank, which had been stolen from them, and transferred in Vienna by a forged indorsement, and ultimately came into the hands of the defendants, who cashed it in London. Held, defendants were not liable, as such transfer gave a good title by Austrian law<\/p>\n<\/h4>\n
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