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J & E INVESTMENT COMPANY, LLC v. WILLIAM ATHAN ET AL. (AC 30950)
DiPentima, C. J., and Robinson and Mihalakos, Js. Argued May 24--officially released September 20, 2011

(Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of New London, Martin, J. [stipulated judgment; motions to open; motions for reargument; order dissolving certificate of foreclosure; articulations]; Hon. Seymour L. Hendel, judge trial referee [order of priority of encumbrances; articulations].) Mark S. Rosenblit, for the appellant (plaintiff). Gerald L. Garlick, for the appellee (defendant Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC).

Opinion

DiPENTIMA, C. J. The plaintiff, J & E Investment Company, LLC, appeals from the judgment of the trial court granting the motion of the defendant Velocity Commercial Capital, LLC,1 to open and to set aside the stipulated judgment of strict foreclosure and the court's determination that the defendant's mortgage had priority over the plaintiff's mortgage. The plaintiff claims that the court improperly (1) opened the judgment pursuant to General Statutes (Rev. to 2007)

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