118 Misc. 851 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1922
I think the provisions of the order of November 28, 1921, so far as it permits, at the option of the plaintiff, service of the summons personally, without the state, upon the defendant Erie Forge Company, in the manner specified in section 229 of the Civil Practice Act, should be disregarded pursuant to the provisions of section 105 of the said act, because such direction is plainly an error. The provisions of the said section 229 apply only to the personal service of the summons upon a foreign corporation within this state. As I read the provisions of the Civil Practice Act and the Rules of Civil Practice relative to the personal service of the summons upon such a corporation without the state it is not necessary to designate in the order the particular officer or director upon whom service should be made. Such a direction was not required under the practice which obtained under the Code of Civil Procedure, and substantial compliance with the requirements of such provisions was all that was required. Morrison v. National Rubber Co., 13 Civ. Pro. Rep. 233. Even if section 229 of the Civil Practice Act does apply to the personal service of the summons upon a foreign corporation without the state, the amended
Ordered accordingly.