Burritt v. Lunny
Decision Date | 02 June 1916 |
Citation | 97 A. 756,90 Conn. 491 |
Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
Parties | BURRITT v. LUNNY. |
Error from City Court of Waterbury; William J. Larkin, Jr., Judge.
Action of summary process by Harriet M. Burritt against H. Thomas F. Lunny. Defendant tiled an answer and a special defense, to certain portions of which plaintiff demurred. Plaintiff also made a motion to strike out and a motion to separate. The demurrer was overruled, and the motions denied. Plaintiff refused to plead over, and judgment was rendered for defendant, and plaintiff brought a writ of error. No error.
Nathaniel R. Bronson, of Waterbury, for plaintiff in error. Frank P. McEvoy and Francis P. Guilfoile, both of Waterbury, for defendant in error.
The plaintiff in a summary process proceedings alleges these facts: On December 16, 1913, the defendant entered into the possession of the premises in question under a written lease from the plaintiff and Thomas F. Lunny. The defendant denied that the lease referred to in the complaint was a copy of the original, that he had failed to pay the rent, and that the lease had expired and terminated. A second defense read as follows:
The third defense made all the paragraphs of the second defense a part of this defense. The third defense also averred that:
It was also further alleged in a fourth defense that:
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