Plaintiff should not be collaterally estopped from asserting jurisdiction where it appears that, in his prior action for divorce, the issue of jurisdiction was first raised orally and decided at a conference, the only one held in the case, that neither he nor his attorney attended, and it does not otherwise appear that plaintiff had a full and fair opportunity to litigate the issue (see, Ryan v New York Tel. Co.,
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