Finn

Action by plaintiff for the value of a certain check alleged to have been converted by the defendant. Plaintiff had judgment in the sum of |17,884.48, from which judgment the defendant appeals.

In September, 1920, the plaintiff was a national bank organized and existing under an act of the general assembly of New Zealand and will hereafter be referred to as the “New Zealand Bank.” At the same time and prior thereto, John Burns & Co., Ltd., was a corporation organized and existing under a general act, of the same assembly and will hereafter be known as “Burns.” At the same time, the Fiji Planters Co-operative Association, Ltd., of Savu Savu, Fiji Islands, were planters and shippers of copra, and will hereafter be referred to as the “Fiji Planters.” During the same period of time the firm of Geo. Wills & Sons, Ltd., was a corporation maintained under the laws of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, doing business at San Francisco, California, and will hereafter be known as “Wills.”

In September, 1920, the Fiji Planters offered Burns a shipment of copra; Burns arranged through Wills to charter a vessel in San Francisco to load the copra and Wills chartered the schooner…