Mordcovici v General Administration of Posts and Telegraphs

• Jurisdiction: Rumania
• Date: 29 October 1929
• Docket Number: 38
• Court: Court of Cassation (Romania)

Rumania, Court of Cassation.

Case No. 38

Mordcovici

and

General Administration of Posts and Telegraphs.

State Succession Succession to Obligations Universal and Partial Succession Succession of Rumania to Obligations Contracted by Russian Authorities in Bessarabia.

The Facts.On 14 January, 1918, when parts of the country were occupied by Rumanian troops, the plaintiff paid in at the post office in Chiinu (Bessarabia) the sum of 2,784 Russian roubles to be transmitted to an addressee in another part of Bessarabia. The money never reached its destination. In April, 1918, Bessarabia was declared to form part of Rumania.1 The sender then instituted proceedings...