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Matter of Floyd v. Coveney

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 28, 1981
83 A.D.2d 897 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

Opinion

August 28, 1981


In a proceeding to invalidate petitions designating Edward J. Kiley as a candidate in the Conservative Party Primary Election to be held on September 10, 1981 for the public office of District Court Judge, 2nd District, Town of Babylon, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gerard, J.), dated August 21, 1981, which granted the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, proceeding dismissed and the board of elections is directed to place Edward J. Kiley's name on the appropriate ballot. We disagree with Special Term's determination that petitioner's proceeding to invalidate Edward J. Kiley's designating petitions was timely commenced. Service of the order to show cause was effected by mailing a copy of the papers to Kiley via ordinary mail on the last day for commencing this proceeding. The papers were not actually received by Kiley, however, until two days later. Notwithstanding that such mailing was in accordance with the mode of service provided in the order to show cause, it nevertheless was ineffectual. Mailing on the last day for commencing this proceeding cannot be said to have been reasonably calculated to give timely notice to Kiley (see Matter of Contessa v. McCarthy, 40 N.Y.2d 890; Matter of Buhlmann v LeFever, 83 A.D.2d 895; Matter of Butler v. Gargiulo, 77 A.D.2d 939; Matter of Radda v. Acita, 54 A.D.2d 531; Matter of Loucky v Buchanan, 49 A.D.2d 979). Inasmuch as such service constitutes a jurisdictional defect, the judgment must be reversed and the proceeding dismissed. Mollen, P.J., Hopkins, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Floyd v. Coveney

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Aug 28, 1981
83 A.D.2d 897 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)
Case details for

Matter of Floyd v. Coveney

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of MARQUETTE L. FLOYD, Respondent, v. FRANK COVENEY et al.…

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

Date published: Aug 28, 1981

Citations

83 A.D.2d 897 (N.Y. App. Div. 1981)

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