The Hibernia National Bank, Respondent v. Leopold Lacombe, as Commissioners

Summary

The Court affirmed the lower court's judgment, holding that New York had jurisdiction over the foreign bank because the cause of action arose in New York, that the drawer's liability on the check is governed by the law of the place of payment (New York), and that a foreign assignment cannot defeat a New York lien. The decision rests on established principles of conflict of laws and statutory interpretation of the Code of Procedure.