Trinidad Tobago Assn. v. Vista Serv

Full title: TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO UNITED CULTURAL ASSOCIATION, INC., Respondent, v…

Court: Supreme Court, Appellate Term, First Department

Date published: Apr 20, 1967

53 Misc. 2d 1015 (N.Y. App. Term 1967)

280 N.Y.S.2d 337

Opinion

April 20, 1967

Appeal from the Civil Court of the City of New York, County of New York, HERBERT B. EVANS, J.

Condon Forsyth ( William C. Clarke, III, of counsel), for appellants.

Frederick E. Samuel for respondent.

Per Curiam.

The oral contract relied upon by plaintiff is inconsistent with the provisions of the carrier's tariff schedule filed pursuant to the provisions of section 403 of the Federal Aviation Act ( U.S. Code, tit. 49, § 1373) and is invalid and unenforcible ( New York Honduras Rosario Mining Co. v. Riddle Airlines, 3 A.D.2d 457 [1st Dept., 1957], affd. 4 N.Y.2d 755). Estoppel cannot be invoked against a common carrier to avoid a tariff provision ( United States v. Associated Air Transport, 275 F.2d 827, 832-833).

The order should be reversed, with $10 costs, and motion granted.

Concur — GOLD, J.P., HECHT, JR., and HOFSTADTER, JJ.

Order reversed, etc.