Seitz v. Federal Cleaners Dyers

[EDITORS' NOTE: THIS PAGE CONTAINS HEADNOTES. HEADNOTES ARE NOT AN OFFICIAL PRODUCT OF THE COURT, THEREFORE THEY ARE NOT DISPLAYED.] This case is before us on writ of certiorari allowed by the former Supreme Court to review a judgment for possession in landlord and tenant proceedings in the District Court of the Second Judicial District of Bergen County.

The defendant, on June 17, 1948, before the return day of the summons, filed a "special appearance" objecting to the jurisdiction of the court on two grounds: (1) that service was made upon an employee of the defendant corporation who is not…