Legal Opinion
Sumkin v. Hammonds
Nassau County District Court
Decided August 17, 1998PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Joel B. Gewanter, J.
The court is faced with a matter of apparent first impression, dealing with the validity, or lack thereof, with regard to a mat*1007ter wherein a pro se landlord has acted as the notary public on the affidavit of service of the petition and notice of petition in this nonpayment summary proceeding.
The issue arises upon an unopposed motion by the respondent tenant to vacate a default judgment in which said tenant contests jurisdiction by alleging that she was never served. The papers are handwritten and the same distinctive handwriting appears on the petition,…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Riggs v. . PalmerNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People ex rel. Attorney General v. Utica InsuranceNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Armstrong v. CombsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1897
- People ex rel. Erie Railroad v. Board of Railroad CommissionersAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1905
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