Baker v. New York Central Railroad
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Order affirmed, with ten dollars costs and disbursements. Memorandum: The person upon whom service of the summons was made was none of the persons mentioned in subdivision 8 of section 228 of the Civil Practice Act upon whom service on a corporation may be made. He was not a clerk to the corporation. The word “ clerk ” as used in the foregoing section “ must mean some general officer of the corporation, and not any person who happens to hold a clerical position with it.” (Erie R. R. Co. v. Van Allen, 76 N. J. Law, 119, 121; 69 A. 484; Carroll v. N. Y., N. H. & Hartford R. R. Co., 65 N. J.…
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