Case Name: Melvin Pine & Co., Inc., Respondent, v. George McConnell et al., as Copartners under the Firm Name of Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1948-06-04
Citations: 298 N.Y. 27
Docket Number: 
Parties: Melvin Pine & Co., Inc., Respondent, v. George et al., as Copartners under the Firm Name of Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co., Appellants.
Judges: LoughraN, Cb. J., Lewis, Couway, DesmoND, Thacheb, Dye and Fuld, JJ., concur.
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 298
Pages: 27–30

Head Matter:
Melvin Pine & Co., Inc., Respondent, v. George et al., as Copartners under the Firm Name of Desmond-Stephan Mfg. Co., Appellants.
Argued May 17, 1948;
decided June 4, 1948.
Edward K. Hanlon and Quentin J. De Fazio for appellants,
Hyman D. Lehrich for respondent.
Defendants have been and are doing business in the State of New York within the meaning of section 229-b of the Civil Practice Act. {Yeckes-Eichenbaum, Inc., v. McCarthy, 290 N. Y. 437; Chaplin v. Selmick, 293 N. Y. 529; Taum v. Susquehanna Goal Co., 220 N. Y. 259; Holser v. Dodge Bros., 233 N. Y. 216; Cochran Box & Mfg. Co. v. Monroe Binder Bd. Co., 197 App. Div. 221, 232 N. Y. 503; Society Milion Athena, Inc., v. National Bank of Greece, 166 Mise. 190, 254 App. Div. 728.)

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
Personal jurisdiction of defendants was properly obtained by substituted service under section 229-b of tbe Civil Practice Act. Defendants' local activities amply satisfied tbe long-recognized test of wbat constitutes engaging in business, as laid down in tbe decisions of tbis court. (See, e.g., Chaplin v. Selznick, 293 N. Y. 529, 534; Tauza v. Susquehanna Coal Co., 220 N. Y. 259.) It is unnecessary, at this time, to say whether and to wbat extent that test may be relaxed in reliance upon tbe constitutional principles recently announced by tbe Supreme Court in International Shoe Co. v. Washington (326 U. S. 310).
Tbe order of tbe Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs, and tbe question certified answered in tbe affirmative.
LoughraN, Cb. J., Lewis, Couway, DesmoND, Thacheb, Dye and Fuld, JJ., concur.
Order affirmed, etc.