Garfield v. Mackinney

In the above-entitled action, after hearing, traverse overruled. Section 227-a of the Civil Practice Act authorized service of a summons upon an attorney who is representing a nonresident plaintiff in a pending action or proceeding. The commencement of the Surrogate’s proceeding by the nonresident plaintiff was a submission by her to the jurisdiction of our courts for the purpose of service of process. While the Surrogate’s proceeding was subsequently dismissed for lack of jurisdiction of subject matter, it was nevertheless begun or commenced in the literal terms of section 227-a with…