Marano v. Finn

The sole question involved herein is whether section 52-a of the Vehicle and Traffic Law applies to this defendant, who is a resident of New York city, but absent therefrom for more than thirty days attending college in another State. The section permits service of a summons on residents who remove from the State prior to the commencement of an action against them and who shall have been absent therefrom for more than thirty days continuously, by delivery of the summons to the Secretary of State and by mailing or delivery to defendant outside the State. The language used in both the title and…