Second National Bank of New Haven v. Loftus

The complaint sought recovery for three months rent under a lease of an apartment in a building in New Haven. The defendant pleaded, as a special defense, that as the building was a tenement house occupied for human habitation “and no building certificate was ever issued in compliance with § 2592 of the General Statutes, therefore the plaintiff, under § 2593, is not entitled to recover.” A demurrer to this defense was overruled (Munger, J.) and on the trial the court held the plaintiff to be within the terms of § 2593 and rendered judgment for the defendant. Sections 2592 and 2593 are part of…