Case Name: Salvatore Multari, Appellant, v. Westchester Car Phone, Inc., Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-12-01
Citations: 137 Misc. 2d 626
Docket Number: 
Parties: Salvatore Multari, Appellant, v Westchester Car Phone, Inc., Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Miscellaneous Reports
Volume: 137
Pages: 626–627

Head Matter:
Salvatore Multari, Appellant, v Westchester Car Phone, Inc., Respondent.
Supreme Court, Appellate Term, Second Department,
December 1, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Andrew Romano for appellant. Lehrman, Kronick & Lehrman (Arnold S. Kronick of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
Order unanimously reversed, without costs, and matter remanded to the court below for determination de novo upon a hearing.
Under the circumstances, the lower court should have held a hearing to determine whether service was proper. At said hearing such issues as the place of tenant's principal office or principal place of business and the date of the mailing of process to tenant can be more fully developed. In the event service is shown to have been properly made, the tenant's motion to vacate the final judgment should be denied as the tenant offers no satisfactory explanation for its inordinate delay in moving to vacate the judgment (see, Dooley v Flavel, 28 AD2d 1115).
DiPaola, P. J., Geiler and Widlitz, JJ., concur.