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U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE v. ROBERT M. KARL ET AL. (AC 32167)
Beach, Alvord and Schaller, Js. Argued March 22--officially released May 24, 2011

(Appeal from Superior Court, judicial district of Stamford-Norwalk, Housing Session, Hon. Jack L. Grogins, judge trial referee.) Abram Heisler, for the appellants (defendants). Elizabeth M. Crowe, for the appellee (plaintiff).

Opinion

ALVORD, J. The defendants, Robert M. Karl and Susan Moore, appeal from the judgment, rendered after a trial to the court, in favor of the plaintiff, U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee. On appeal, the defendants claim that the court improperly denied their motion to dismiss the summary process complaint. We disagree and, accordingly, affirm the judgment of the trial court. The following facts and procedural history are relevant to the defendants' appeal. The plaintiff took title to 38 Georgetown Road in Weston, by virtue of a certificate of foreclosure dated February 14, 2007. On February 2, 2009, a notice to quit was served on the defendants by abode service.1 The plaintiff commenced this summary process action on February 20, 2009. On April 3, 2009, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss, alleging that the notice to quit was improper for failure to name the landlord or owner of the subject property, thus depriving the court of subject matter jurisdiction. After argument on the motion on April 23, 2009, the court denied the motion to dismiss, finding, inter alia, that the notice to quit statute, General Statutes

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