Green v. Morningside Heights Housing Corp.

McNally, J. (dissenting).

I dissent and vote to reverse the order below.

The Legislature has prescribed with great particularity the manner in which personal jurisdiction of a domestic corporation shall be obtained. Where, as in the ease at bar, the legislative mandate has not been complied with, the courts may not provide an equivalent therefor. The mandate of section 228 of the Civil Practice Act is clear. The statute directs that personal service of a summons on a domestic corporation “ must be made by delivering a copy thereof ” to one of the persons specifically designated in subdivision 8…