Jacobs v. Del Genovese
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the plaintiff, Sarah Jacobs, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the defendant, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 4th day of April, 1917, upon the verdict of a jury rendered by direction of the court, both sides having moved for the direction of a verdict at the close of the case, and having waived the attendance of the jury. An appeal is also taken, as stated in the notice of appeal, from the decision of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Shearn, J.:
The action was brought to recover upon a judgment entered January 6, 1897, in an action by the plaintiff herein against the defendant’s intestate. On December 26, 1916, plaintiff caused a summons to be issued and on January 4, 1917, the summons and complaint were placed in the hands of the sheriff of the county of Bronx, where defendant resided, with the intent that same be served pursuant to section 399 of the Code, and service was effected on January 23, 1917. Defendant then joined issue and set up in bar that the action was not commenced within twenty years from the time the…
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