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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-119 (2026)

Pleading to be according to rules and orders of court

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Parties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be nonsuited or defaulted, as the case may be.

(1949 Rev., S. 7841.)

See Sec. 51-59 re hours of operation of court clerks' offices.

See Sec. 52-197 re rules governing orders to disclose facts, papers, books, documents, etc.

Party cannot refuse obedience to order of court because he deems it erroneous, or because it is erroneous; until revoked or reversed, it is the law of the case. 63 C. 566. Statute does not require nonsuit to be granted where to do so would run counter to sound principles of procedure. 130 C. 654. Cited. 180 C. 223; 188 C. 145.

Judgment on the pleadings not proper in absence of responsive pleading by plaintiff to special defense. 24 CS 494.

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Cited in 16 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1980–2024 · leading case: Boria v. Comm'r of Corr., 199 A.3d 1127 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018).
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Boria v. Comm'r of Corr., 199 A.3d 1127 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 4× “3d 595 (2014) (holding that General Statutes § 52-119 and Practice Book § 10-18, which apply gener- ally to civil actions, give habeas court authority to render default judgment or nonsuit against party who fails to comply with pleading requirements); Fuller v.”
Deutsche Bank Nat'l Trust Co. v. Bertrand, 59 A.3d 864 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 5× “General Statutes § 52-119 provides that “[p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be nonsuited or defaulted, as the case may be.”
Chrysler Credit Corp. v. Fairfield Chrysler-Plymouth, Inc., 429 A.2d 478 (Conn. 1980). · cites it 4× “See General Statutes § 52-119. [3] These rules replace the former practice *227 of special and general appearances.”
Kaye v. Housman, 195 A.3d 1168 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 5× “" General Statutes § 52-119 provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be .”
Rodriguez v. Mallory Battery Co., 448 A.2d 829 (Conn. 1982). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 52-119; see Practice Book §§ 128, 268, 351.”
Carmon v. Comm'r of Corr., 87 A.3d 595 (Conn. App. Ct. 2014). · cites it 4× “On the issue of whether the court had the authority to render a default judgment in this case, we look to General Statutes § 52-119, which provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be nonsuited or defaulted, as the case may be,”…”
Dauti v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co., 879 A.2d 507 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “A The plaintiffs argue that Stop & Shop, Lighting Services and Clark got what they asked for and cannot now complain about the revisions to the plaintiffs’ complaint, and that if there is any error in the revision, the error was induced by the request of those defendants.”
People's United Bank v. Bok, 70 A.3d 1074 (Conn. App. Ct. 2013). · cites it 3× ““General Statutes § 52-119 provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be .”
Bd. of Educ. v. Civil Serv. Employees Affiliates, 870 A.2d 473 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “” General Statutes § 52-119 (a) provides in relevant part: “Upon the application of any party to an arbitration, the superior court for the judicial district in which one of the parties resides .”
Connecticut Light & Power Co. v. St. John, 837 A.2d 841 (Conn. App. Ct. 2004). · cites it 2× “9 General Statutes § 52-119 provides that “[p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be nonsuited or defaulted, as the case may be.”
Bank of New York Mellon v. Talbot, 165 A.3d 1253 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “" General Statutes § 52-119 provides that [p]arties failing to plead according to the rules and orders of the court may be .”
Dorfman v. Liberty Mut. Fire Ins. Co., 227 Conn. App. 347 (Conn. App. Ct. 2024). · cites it 2× “See General Statutes § 52-119; Practice Book §§ 10-8 and 17-32; see also Kaye v.”
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