Balassa v. Benteler-Werke A. G.

In an action by plaintiff to recover the reasonable value of services rendered and the expenses incurred as the (nondomiciliary) defendant’s representative in the United States and Canada, the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, entered April 8, 1964, which granted plaintiff’s motion, pursuant to statute (CPLR 3211, subd. [b]), to dismiss defendant’s second defense of lack of jurisdiction of its person, as pleaded in paragraphs “ Eighth ” and “ Ninth ” of its answer (which motion was treated by the court as a motion for summary judgment pursuant to CPLR…