Housing Authority v. Lamothe

The defendant Lucienne Lamothe appeals following the trial court’s denial of her motion to open a judgment by stipulation in a summary process action. The defendant1 claims that the trial court’s refusal to open the judgment without conducting an evidentiary hearing constituted an abuse of discretion.

In August, 1990, the plaintiff Stamford Housing Authority instituted a summary process action to recover possession of the premises at 213 Connecticut Avenue in Stamford for nonpayment of rent. Named as defendants in the summary process action in addition to Lucienne Lamothe were her husband and…