Old Colony Gardens, Inc. v. Cheney

This summary process action was brought to the City Court of Stamford in October, 1948. The plaintiff therein, Old Colony Gardens, Inc., alleged that it sought possession of its premises on the ground, sanctioned by federal statutes then in effect, that it intended in good faith to withdraw them from the rental market and would not thereafter offer them for rent. 62 Stat. 98; 50 U. S. C. A. App. § 1899 (a) (5) (Sup. 1949). The defendant denied the allega tions of the complaint and in a special defense alleged that the plaintiff had entered into contracts for the sale of fractional interests…