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Channer v. Davenport Surety Company, Inc., No. Cv 96-0565178 (Dec. 4, 2001)

2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 16115
CourtConnecticut Superior Court
DecidedDecember 4, 2001
DocketNo. CV 96-0565178
StatusUnpublished

This text of 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 16115 (Channer v. Davenport Surety Company, Inc., No. Cv 96-0565178 (Dec. 4, 2001)) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Connecticut Superior Court primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook
Channer v. Davenport Surety Company, Inc., No. Cv 96-0565178 (Dec. 4, 2001), 2001 Conn. Super. Ct. 16115 (Colo. Ct. App. 2001).

Opinion

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION RE: MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
The return of the sheriff as to service demonstrates clearly that there was not due and legal service made on Carl Schwartz. Unless service of process is made as the statute prescribes, the court to which it is returnable does not acquire jurisdiction. Hyde v. Richard, 145 Conn. 24,25. No principle is more universal than that the judgment of a court without jurisdiction is a nullity. Samson v. Bergin, 138 Conn. 306, 312. No amendment can be made to clear the defect. New Haven v. Local 884,29 Conn. Sup. 289, 291. The court has inherent authority at any time to open and modify a judgment rendered without jurisdiction. General MotorsAcceptance Corporation v. Pumphery, 13 Conn. App. 223, 229.

The motion for reconsideration is therefore denied.

Thomas H. Corrigan Judge Trial Referee CT Page 16116

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Samson v. Bergin
84 A.2d 273 (Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1951)
City of New Haven v. Local 884
283 A.2d 480 (Connecticut Superior Court, 1971)
Hyde v. Richard
138 A.2d 527 (Supreme Court of Connecticut, 1958)
General Motors Acceptance Corp. v. Pumphrey
535 A.2d 396 (Connecticut Appellate Court, 1988)

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