Case Name: Pierce Butler Radiator Corp., Respondent, v. Paul Osder, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1953-04-21
Citations: 281 A.D. 516
Docket Number: 
Parties: Pierce Butler Radiator Corp., Respondent, v. Paul Osder, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 281
Pages: 516–519

Head Matter:
Pierce Butler Radiator Corp., Respondent, v. Paul Osder, Appellant.
First Department,
April 21, 1953.
Gerald E. Maslon of counsel (Joseph Maslon, attorney), for appellant.
Sol S. Perlow for respondent.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Concededly the judgment debtor is a nonresident of this State. Though a revivor action such as this is clearly authorized by statute (Civ. Prac. Act, § 484), it is still incumbent upon the party seeking to effect the service of process to show compliance with one of the methods of substituted service which the statutes of the State permit (Importers & Traders' Nat. Bank v. Quackenbush, 143 N. Y. 567, 571; 144 A. L. R. 403, et seq.; Parks v. Welsch, 198 Misc. 469).
The attempted service herein was not made pursuant to any court order. The statute specifically provides for cases in which personal service may be made out of the State without a court order (Civ. Prac. Act, § 235). However, this type of action is not one enumerated in which personal service without the State is permissible without a court order, nor is the judgment debtor domiciled in the State. Jurisdiction of defendant was not obtained.
The order should be reversed and the complaint should be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction over the person of defendant.