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MATTER OF WHEELER v. STEWART MAPPING SERV.

42 N.Y.2d 847 (1977)

In the Matter of the Claim of Carolyn Wheeler, Appellant, v. Stewart Mapping Service et al., Respondents. Workmen's Compensation Board, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 2, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald Herman for appellant.

Philip J. Caputo for employer and carrier, respondents.

No appearance for Workmen's Compensation Board, respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur.

MEMORANDUM.

Since a judgment of the court of a sister State can be attacked collaterally for lack of jurisdiction (Williams v North Carolina, 325 U.S. 226, 229), we must look to the law of Tennessee in order to determine whether its Chancery Court was possessed of the power to vacate the decree dissolving the marriage between the claimant and her husband (Adam v Saenger,

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