Castell v. Sterling Fire Insurance

Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

Castell v. Sterling Fire Insurance

126 N.Y.S. 692

CourtAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York

DecidedJanuary 5, 1911

StatusPublished

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Castell v. Sterling Fire Insurance, 126 N.Y.S. 692 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1911).

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Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The papers show that the person served was a representative of a corporation authorized to do business within the state, and which acts as the agent of the defendant, a foreign corporation not so authorized. While service on the person served might be said to confer jurisdiction over the corporation employing him, it is [693]*693in no sense service on the defendant corporation; there being no provision in the Code that service on the agent is service on the principal.

Judgment reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.

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PER CURIAM.

The papers show that the person served was a representative of a corporation authorized to do business within the state, and which acts as the agent of the defendant, a foreign corporation not so authorized. While service on the person served might be said to confer jurisdiction over the corporation employing him, it is [693]*693in no sense service on the defendant corporation; there being no provision in the Code that service on the agent is service on the principal.

Judgment reversed, with costs, and complaint dismissed, with costs.

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126 N.Y.S. 692, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/castell-v-sterling-fire-insurance-nyappterm-1911.