Jeffreys v. Jeffreys

The plaintiff, an indigent, seeking to institute this action for divorce, obtained an order pursuant to CPLR 1101 granting her permission to proceed as a poor person. Upon proof that the defendant, her husband, could not with due diligence be served by personal service or other approved statutory method, she obtained an order, upon consent of the appellant, the City of New York, permitting service on him by publication, with the expenses thereof to be paid by the city (Jeffreys v. *432Jeffreys, 57 Misc 2d 416). In granting the order, Mr. Justice Sobel at the Special Term noted that this appeared…