Metro Bulletins Corp. v. Soboleski

The defendant appeals from a judgment, rendered after a court trial, awarding $9400 to the plaintiff. The defendant claims that the trial court (1) improperly denied his motion for a stay, (2) improperly construed the Connecticut Certificate of Trade Name statute, and (3) should have found that the defendant gave the plaintiff actual notice of the defendant’s agency status. We reverse the judgment of the trial court.

The following facts are necessary to resolve this appeal. On April 22,1989, the plaintiff entered into a written contract whereby it agreed to provide billboard advertising…