DocketNumber: No. 93-0704603
Citation Numbers: 1995 Conn. Super. Ct. 13884, 15 Conn. L. Rptr. 536
Judges: FREED. J.
Filed Date: 12/20/1995
Status: Non-Precedential
Modified Date: 4/18/2021
The matter was tried before State Trial Referee Harold Missal. It was concluded with the filing of a post-trial brief by the plaintiff on June 16, 1995. Judge Missal rendered judgment of strict foreclosure, established the fair market value of the property, and decided the issues for the plaintiff on two special defenses and two counterclaims, and found the defendants in default on payments of principal, interest, taxes, insurance and costs.
He thereupon continued the matter for the presentation of further evidence on the debt and attorneys fees and for a hearing on the law day.
Judge Missal's memorandum of decision was filed on October 2, 1995, which was within the 120-day period mandated by General Statutes §
"Any judge of the superior court and any state trial referee who has the power to render judgment, who has commenced the trial of any civil cause, shall have power to CT Page 13885 continue such trial and shall render judgment not later than one hundred and twenty days from the completion date of the trial of such civil cause. The parties may waive the provisions of this section."
On November 2, 1995 the defendants filed this motion to set aside the judgment, alleging non-compliance with §
While those cases correctly state the law as to what constitutes a final judgment, they are inapposite to the issue in this case, because nowhere in §
The defendants motion must fail on yet another ground. Our courts have recognized that §
Other cases have more closely defined what type of conduct would constitute such consent and have established that objection to the tardiness must be "seasonably made."Bogart v. Zoning Board of Appeals,
In Ippolito v. Ippolito,
It is the conclusion of this court that the defendants herein have likewise not acted reasonably in filing this CT Page 13886 motion.
Therefore, because (1) the court had the power to continue the case for further evidence, having decided all of the salient issues in the case and needing further evidence to finalize the debt, counsel fees, and law day; and (2) the defendants have consented because of their unseasonable objection to any late filing, their motion to set aside the judgment is denied.
Freed, J.