Ragali v. Holmes

The motion to erase and that to dismiss are used in our practice somewhat interchangeably although the better practice is the use of the motion to erase. Galvin v. Burch, 98 Conn. 228, 232, 118 Atl. 826; Pettee v. Hartford-Connecticut Trust Co., 105 Conn. 595, 610, 136 Atl. 111. Such a motion if sustained, unlike the demurrer to a pleading is a final judgment. It will lie for want of jurisdiction which “appears plainly on the face of the record”; Norton v. Shore Line Electric Ry. Co., 84 Conn. 24, 31, 33, 78 Atl. 587; Reilly v. Pepe Co., 108 Conn. 436, 443, 143 Atl. 568, and cases cited; or…