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Leis v. Finkelstein

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 27, 1994
205 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)

Opinion

June 27, 1994

Appeal from the Supreme Court, Kings County (Held, J.).


Ordered that the order is affirmed, with costs.

Under the facts and circumstances of this case we perceive no basis upon which a New York court may exercise long-arm jurisdiction over the non-domiciliary defendants (CPLR 302 [a]; see, McGowan v. Smith, 52 N.Y.2d 268). Moreover, the plaintiffs' claim that the defendants were personally served, is based upon material which is dehors the record and may not be considered by this Court (see, Carhuff v. Barnett's Bake Shop, 54 A.D.2d 969; see also, Recovery Consultants v. Shih-Hsieh, 141 A.D.2d 272, 276). "It is well established that review [by an appellate court] is limited to the record made before [the trial court] and the court is bound by the certified record on appeal. Matters contained in the brief, not properly presented by the record are not to be considered by an appellate court" (Mulligan v. Lackey, 33 A.D.2d 991, 992; see also, Maestros v. Huntington Sta. Food Shop, 39 A.D.2d 582).

Nor is there any merit to the plaintiffs' contention that the defendants' appearance in the action is tantamount to personal service of the summons since the defendants' answer clearly pleaded the affirmative defense of lack of personal jurisdiction (see, CPLR 302 [c]; 3211 [a] [8]; Beris v. Miller, 128 A.D.2d 822).

Accordingly, the Supreme Court properly dismissed the complaint based upon the lack of personal jurisdiction over the defendants. O'Brien, J.P., Ritter, Santucci and Krausman, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Leis v. Finkelstein

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Jun 27, 1994
205 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
Case details for

Leis v. Finkelstein

Case Details

Full title:ANATOLI LEIS et al., Appellants, v. LEONID FINKELSTEIN et al., Respondents

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Jun 27, 1994

Citations

205 A.D.2d 738 (N.Y. App. Div. 1994)
613 N.Y.S.2d 699

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