Sciola v. Brown, No. Spwa 9801-19136 (Feb. 11, 1998)

Connecticut Superior Court

Sciola v. Brown, No. Spwa 9801-19136 (Feb. 11, 1998)

1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 1518

CourtConnecticut Superior Court

DecidedFebruary 11, 1998

DocketNo. SPWA 9801-19136

StatusUnpublished

This text of 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 1518 (Sciola v. Brown, No. Spwa 9801-19136 (Feb. 11, 1998)) 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

Sciola v. Brown, No. Spwa 9801-19136 (Feb. 11, 1998), 1998 Conn. Super. Ct. 1518 (Colo. Ct. App. 1998).

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Opinion

[EDITOR'S NOTE: This case is unpublished as indicated by the issuing court.]MEMORANDUM OF DECISION This is a summary process action based on non-payment of CT Page 1519 rent. The defendant admitted five of the seven paragraphs of the plaintiff's complaint. The plaintiff proved the other material allegations of her complaint.

The defendant interposed a special defense that the plaintiff did not supply her with hot water in her apartment for two months.¹ If true, this would be a defense to the plaintiff's summary process action. General Statutes §§ 47a-4a, 47a-11. It was the defendant's burden to prove this defense by a fair preponderance of the evidence. Evergreen Corporation v. Brown,35 Conn. Sup. 549, 552, 396 A.2d 146 (App. Sess. 1978). She did not do so.

Judgment shall enter for the plaintiff.

BY THE COURT

Bruce L. LevinJudge of the Superior Court

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