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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Windsor Properties, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 408 A.2d 936 (1979)

Citation
Windsor Properties, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 408 A.2d 936 (1979)
Parent Document
Windsor Properties, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co., 408 A.2d 936 (1979)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1979-06-15

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The summary process statute is precise and definite in the method of service it specifies for use in the ease of nonresident defendants. The method of service elected by the plaintiff deviated from the statutory mandate. It is axiomatic that the summary process statute, being in derogation of the common law, must be “strictly followed and narrowly construed.” Jo-Mark Sand & Gravel Co. v. Pantanella, 139 Conn. 598; Vogel v. Bacus, 133 Conn. 95; Dreifuss v. World Art Group, Inc., 6 Conn. Cir. Ct. 309. In Seifert v. April,