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DRAFT FOR ATTORNEY REVIEW — NOT FINAL

Zitomer v. Palmer, 446 A.2d 1084 (1982)

Citation
Zitomer v. Palmer, 446 A.2d 1084 (1982)
Parent Document
Zitomer v. Palmer, 446 A.2d 1084 (1982)
Jurisdiction
Connecticut (state)
Effective Date
1982-04-16

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As their second claim of error, the defendants contend that the trial court should have considered the equitable doctrine against forfeiture. Implicit in this charge is that the trial court either failed to consider or incorrectly rejected the doctrine of nonforfeiture. Now that we have abandoned our former rule that equitable defenses are unavailable in a summary process action, the trial court could properly have relied upon these principles. Danpar Associates v. Falkha, 37 Conn. Sup. 820, 823, 438 A.2d 1209 (1981); Mark I *345 Enterprises, Inc. v. Sendele, 37 Conn. Sup. 569, 572-73, 427 A.2d 1352 (1981); Steinegger v. Fields, 37