Can a defense that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction be raised at any stage of the proceeding?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Dunrite Auto Body & Motors, Inc. v. Liberty Mut. Ins. Co., 160 Misc.2d 168, 607 N.Y.S.2d 1005 (N.Y. Dist. Ct. 1993):
A defense that the court lacks subject matter jurisdiction may be raised at any stage of the proceeding (Lacks v. Lacks, 41 N.Y.2d 71, 390 N.Y.S.2d 875, 359 N.E.2d 384
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