Legal Opinion
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. St. John
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided January 6, 2004No. AC 23279PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LAVERY, C. J.
The defendants Robert St. John and Donald St. John1 appeal from the judgment of the trial court denying their motion to open the judgment after they had been defaulted for failure to plead. On appeal, the defendants claim that the court (1) lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the matter because the plaintiff, Connecticut Light and Power Company, never served them with a writ of summons and complaint as required by General Statutes § 52-45a, and (2) improperly denied their motion to open the default judgment because the court clerk improperly entered a default judgment…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Giulietti v. GiuliettiConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- City of Bridgeport v. DebekSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1989
- Coppola v. CoppolaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1998
- Pantlin & Chananie Development Corp. v. Hartford Cement & Building Supply Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Plasil v. TablemanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1992
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Lowe v. City of SheltonConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- Bicio v. BrewerConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Mercer v. RodriquezConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
- Deutsche Bank National Trust Co. v. CorneliusConnecticut Appellate Court · 2017
- People's United Bank v. BokConnecticut Appellate Court · 2013
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