National Manufacturing Corp. v. Buffalo Metal Container Corp.

Service of the summons herein on the Secretary of State as designated agent for such purpose constituted proper personal service on the defendant corporation, under the provisions of section 228 of the Civil Practice Act. The defendant has submitted no decision or statute which directly or impliedly would justify a holding that the service was null or void merely because the Secretary of State erred in mailing the copy of the summons to an incorrect address, resulting in the defendant corporation’s failure to receive the same.

*270Inasmuch as it appears conclusively, however, that the Secretary of…