Expressway Village, Inc. v. Denman

OPINION OF THE COURT

Matthew J. Murphy, J.

Appellant here questions a decision of the Town of Niagara Justice Court (Civil Part, Teixeira, J.), rendered on May 20, 2009, in which the trial court granted this petitioner landlord a default judgment awarding an eviction order, but denied a money judgment because the respondent had been served by conspicuous “nail and mail” process, rather than personal service.

The standard of review in this civil action, where County Court sits as the intermediate appellate court, is said to be as broad as that of the Appellate Division, enabling a full power to…