Legal Opinion
Agnes L. Morse v. Elmira Country Club
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 28, 1984No. 269, Docket 84-7547PublishedCited by 99 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIS, Circuit Judge:
In this diversity case Agnes L. Morse (“plaintiff”) appeals from a decision of the District Court for the Western District of New York, Telesca, J., dismissing her complaint for failure to serve process properly within the period of the statute of limitations. 102 F.R.D. 199 (W.D.N.Y.1984). At issue is the effect of the new federal rule governing service of process by mail, Fed. R.Civ.P. 4(c)(2)(C)(ii), 1 in a diversity-of-citizenship case in which the state statute of limitations applies. We hold that plaintiff served process according to the method prescribed by the…
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