Fischer v. Zincke

Plaintiff wife instituted the instant negligence action against defendant nonresident motorist, pursuant to section 52 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, by service of process on the Secretary of State at Albany and by registered mail to the defendant in Connecticut. Prior thereto, that statute had been amended (L. 1942, ch. 458) so that the action, except for the amount claimed, could have been brought and maintained within the jurisdiction of the City Court of the City of New York by a proper alternate method of 'service of process available under the amended act, that is, by service of…