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OLINER v. MID-TOWN PROMOTERS

2 N.Y.2d 63 (1956)

Jacob Oliner, Respondent, v. Mid-Town Promoters, Inc., Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mid-Town Promoters, Inc., appellant in person, by Carlyle Finkelstein, its president and director.

Jacob Oliner, respondent in person.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur.

Per Curiam.

Corporations under section 4 of article X of the State Constitution may "sue and * * * be sued in all courts in like cases as natural persons", but, unlike natural persons, corporations can do nothing except through the agency of others. By providing that agents who appear for corporations in lawsuits must be attorneys, section 236 of the Civil Practice Act does not violate this constitutional mandate. The...

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