Gidius v. Links

The issue essentially is whether at this stage of the proceedings the codefendants are adverse parties within the provisions of § 185 of the Practice Book. Counsel have not furnished the court with memoranda of law.

It is noted that the case has not gone to trial and judgment has not yet been entered. A comparable situation has been considered in Brayne v. Hayes, 28 Conn. Sup. 484.

Stivali v. Space, 9 N.J. Super. 462, 467, states: “ ‘What is meant by adverse parties scarcely needs definition. Its significance is apparent from the expression itself. They must be opposite parties to an issue…