Defendant defaulted.
When plaintiff, by special proceeding (CPLR 5225, subd [b]), sought to direct Chemical Bank to turn over funds of defendant on account with Chemical, defendant moved to open its default, claiming that it never received a copy of process. Under the statute service is complete when the Secretary of State is served. Noting that mistake or inadvertence by the Secretary of State in forwarding copies of process to a defendant is a proper ground for...
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