Per Curiam.
This was an action pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended (U. S. Code, tit. 29, §§ 201-219) and plaintiffs were therefore required to serve a summons and formal pleading (N. Y. City Civil Ct. Rules, rule 5).
The failure to serve the complaint and summons was a jurisdictional defect (Baum v. Halperin, 169 N.Y.S. 489) not waived by the service of a notice of appearance. (See CCA, §§ 402, 902...
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