Couch v. ADC Realty Corp.

WEBB, Judge.

The order dated 2 April 1979, which was, in effect, a final judgment terminating the defendants’ interest in the leasehold estate, contained a recital “the nature of the action was for summary ejectment.” Summary ejectment is governed by Art. 3 of Chapter 42 of the General Statutes. It is allowed on five days’ notice in certain cases and claims for summary ejectment are first heard before magistrates. The summons in the case sub judice were not returnable before a magistrate, and they required the defendants to answer within 30 days. We hold that the case sub judice is not an…