Section 47a-20

Citation: Section 47a-20
Parent Document: Alteri v. Layton, 408 A.2d 18 (1979)
Jurisdiction: Connecticut (state)
Effective Date: 1979-06-15
Original Source: https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/3375790/alteri-v-layton/ ↗

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To enforce properly the statute in a meaningful manner requires a balancing of the interests of both landlord and tenant. The guidelines herein meet the objectives of the legislature. They fairly protect the landlord from harassment and they protect the tenant who seeks repairs of a substantial nature. To accept the literal interpretation propounded by the defendant could effectively negate the summary process proceedings of Connecticut statutes. The legislature could not have intended, in such an indirect fashion, to emasculate substantially a landlord’s statutory right to the possession of his property. Under settled rules of statutory construction, *268

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