Legal Opinion

San Juan Hotel Corp. v. Koenig

Civil Court of the City of New York

Decided April 30, 1971PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtBentley Kassal, J.

Plaintiff has moved for summary judgment to enforce a default judgment obtained against this defendant in the District Court of Puerto Rico. Defendant opposes this motion on the grounds (1) that the courts of Puerto Rico had no jurisdiction over her since she was “never personally served with legal process in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ” and (2) “ that plaintiff should be relegated to an action against me in this jurisdiction which would enable me to implead my former husband and thereby determine liability.”

Defendant admits that the liability underlying the Puerto Rico judgment was ‘ ‘…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Fauntleroy v. LumSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
  2. Americana of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. Samuel R. Kaplus and J. Kaplus & Sons, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
  3. Tuffarella v. Erie RailroadNew York Supreme Court · 1962

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Hilton International Co. v. AraceConnecticut Superior Court · 1977
  2. Hilton International Co. v. AraceConnecticut Superior Court · 1977

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