Case Name: Donald R. Maxwell, Respondent-Appellant, v. First Port Jefferson Corp., Appellant-Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1969-02-03
Citations: 31 A.D.2d 813
Docket Number: 
Parties: Donald R. Maxwell, Respondent-Appellant, v. First Port Jefferson Corp., Appellant-Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 813–813

Head Matter:
Donald R. Maxwell, Respondent-Appellant, v. First Port Jefferson Corp., Appellant-Respondent.

Opinion:
Cross appeals, as limited by appellants' briefs, from portions of an order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, dated June 6, 1968. Order modified, on the law, by (1) striking out the first and fourth ordering paragraphs thereof and (2) substituting therefor a provision granting the motion to vacate the judgment in favor of plaintiff against defendant which was entered on November 5, 1965. As so modified, order affirmed, with $10 costs and disbursements to defendant. The findings of fact below have not been affirmed. We construe the action to be one in quantum meruit. As such, the clerk had no authority to enter the default judgment (Geer, Du Bois & Co. v. Scott & Sons Co., 25 A D 2d 423; CPLR 3215, subds. [a], [e]). Moreover, we are of the opinion that the default judgment should have been vacated for lack of jurisdiction of defendant (CPLR 5015, subd. [a], par. 4). Christ, Acting P. J., Brennan, Hopkins, Benjamin and Martuseello, JJ., concur.