Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. DaSilva

The dispositive issue in this case is whether a trial court has discretion to deny a petition for a utility rent receivership with respect to multifamily residential property once the utility company has established that the owner or lessor of the property is currently in default in the payment of utility charges. The plaintiffs, Connecticut Light and Power Company and Yankee Gas Services Company, filed a petition for an order to show cause for the appointment of a receiver of rents pursuant to General Statutes § 16-262Í1 for designated properties owned by the *443defendants Maria DaSilva, both…