Sellent-Repent Corp. v. Queens Borough Gas & Electric Co.

This is a motion to cancel a notice of pendency of this action and to dismiss the complaint as against the moving defendant. Plaintiff is a domestic corporation and is not represented in this action by an attorney at law, the summons and complaint being subscribed in its corporate name as appearing in person. The sole ground on which movant relies on this motion is that a corporation cannot prosecute or defend an action in person, but must appear by an attorney duly licensed to practice.

The question seems not to have been passed upon in this State. A. B. C. Steel Equipment Co., Inc., v.…