In Catlin v. Ricketts (91 N.Y. 668) the defendant appeared generally, and subsequently moved to discharge an attachment on the ground that personal service of the summons was not made within thirty days after the granting of the warrant, as required by section 638, and this court held that such section must be read with section 424, which provides that the "voluntary general appearance of the defendant is equivalent to personal service of the summons upon him."

In Catlin v. Ricketts (91 N.Y. 668) it appeared that within thirty days after the attachment had been granted the defendant had voluntarily appeared in the action, and it was held that such voluntary appearance was equivalent to a personal service of the summons.