Tebedo v. Nye

Defendants McLaughlin move pursuant to CPLR 3211 (subd. [a], par 8) to dismiss the complaint in the above-entitled action on the sole ground that the court lacks personal jurisdiction over them. They are residents of the State of Florida and were served personally in that State in accordance with CPLR 313.

Plaintiff seeks to obtain conveyance of a 30-foot strip of land adjacent to his property, or in the alternative, damages by reason of improvements made thereon by him in reliance upon promises by the defendants that the property would be conveyed to plaintiff. Plaintiff has paid the…