Maiorani v. Maiorani

The defendant William Maiorani pleaded in abatement on the ground, in effect, that service had been made upon him only by leaving a copy of the process in a mailbox in the vestibule of the apartment house in which he lived as distinguished from at or within his apartment. It was apparent that the plea sought to invoke the rule of Cugno v. Kaelin, 138 Conn. 341, 342.

The plea in abatement was filed April 6, 1954, and the plaintiff’s answer thereto was filed April 10, 1954. This answer included three special defenses. Thereafter, a motion to expunge certain paragraphs of the special defenses was…