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Plamondon v. Enfield

Superior Court, Hartford County
Jun 3, 1966
227 A.2d 434 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1966)

Summary

granting motion to intervene as of right based upon representations in motion

Summary of this case from Washington Trust Company v. Smith

Opinion

File No. 145900

The motion of T, town manager, to be made party defendant should be granted, since he had an interest which the judgment would affect and which was adverse to the plaintiffs, who sought to enjoin payment by the town of money appropriated for counsel fees for T in a suit brought against him.

Memorandum filed June 3, 1966

Memorandum on motion to be made party defendant. Motion granted.

Maxwell Heiman, of Hartford, for the plaintiffs.

Douglas P. Morway, town attorney, and Philip E. Tatoian, Jr., of Thompsonville, for the named defendant.

Day, Berry Howard, of Hartford, for the intervening defendant Tedesco.


In the case of Lodovico Magrini v. Hartford Times, Superior Court, Hartford County, No. 143681, now pending, it is alleged that Francis J. Tedesco, a defendant in that action, who is town manager of the town of Enfield, made certain slanderous utterances in regard to Magrini. This action was brought by two taxpayers of the town of Enfield to enjoin the defendant town of Enfield, the defendant town treasurer, and the defendant town director of finance from paying any money to anyone for counsel fees for Francis J. Tedesco and another defendant, Walter J. Skower, in the above mentioned action brought by Lodovico Magrini. In the instant motion to be made a party defendant in this action, the applicant, Francis J. Tedesco, represents that the town council of Enfield appropriated a sum of money to pay legal fees involved in defending him in Magrini's suit, and it is this payment which the present action seeks to enjoin.

Section 52-102 of the General Statutes and § 51 of the Practice Book contain the following identical language: "Any person may be made a defendant who has or claims an interest in the controversy, or any part thereof, adverse to the plaintiff. . . ." It seems obvious that Tedesco has an interest in the money appropriated for his counsel fees in the Magrini action which is adverse to that of the plaintiff taxpayers. He wants this money, and they do not want him to have it.

Section 52-107 and Practice Book § 61 provide: "If a person not a party has an interest or title which the judgment will affect, the court, on his application, shall direct him to be made a party." It appears clear that Tedesco has an interest that the judgment in this case will affect, namely, whether or not the money appropriated to pay his legal fees in the Magrini suit will be paid.


Summaries of

Plamondon v. Enfield

Superior Court, Hartford County
Jun 3, 1966
227 A.2d 434 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1966)

granting motion to intervene as of right based upon representations in motion

Summary of this case from Washington Trust Company v. Smith
Case details for

Plamondon v. Enfield

Case Details

Full title:THEODORE J. PLAMONDON, JR., ET AL. v. TOWN OF ENFIELD ET AL

Court:Superior Court, Hartford County

Date published: Jun 3, 1966

Citations

227 A.2d 434 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1966)
227 A.2d 434

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