Conn. Gen. Stat. » Title 52 — CIVIL ACTIONS · Chapter 896 — Civil Process, Service and Time for Return
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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-47 (2025)

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Transferred to Chapter 890, Sec. 51-347.

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Cited in 6 cases, 1963–1976 · leading case: Broderick v. Jackman, 355 A.2d 234 (Conn. 1974).
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Broderick v. Jackman, 355 A.2d 234 (Conn. 1974). “By its very terms the statute expressly gives the plaintiff the right to bring another action within a year if the prior action was erased for want of jurisdiction.”
Nowell v. Nowell, 254 A.2d 889 (Conn. 1969). “II The defendant claims that the trial court committed reversible error by overruling his plea in abatement which was predicated on a claimed failure to return the writ to the court at least six days before the return day in violation of § 52-47 of the Ueneral Statutes. There…”
Nowell v. Nowell, 190 A.2d 233 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1963). · cites it 3× “Since the first stated ground of defendant’s plea in abatement to the complaint was abandoned by statement of his counsel in open court, we will turn to the second stated ground, namely, that the writ and complaint were not returned to the court “at least six days before the…”
Vierra v. Uniroyal, Inc., 266 A.2d 900 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1970). · cites it 2× “Two statutes are necessarily involved in the problem posed. One is § 52-46 of the General Statutes, relating to time for service of civil process made returnable to this court, and the other is § 52-47, prefaced “Return of process.”
Dialtone Corp. v. Stephen Pontiac-Cadillac, Inc., 368 A.2d 242 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1976). · cites it 6× “Pursuant to General Statutes § 52-47, 1 the action was made *702 returnable to the Court of Common Pleas in Hartford County.”
Haaberg v. Sanders, 231 A.2d 657 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1967). “The writ was returned and filed with the clerk’s office on December 19, 1966, and thus it was not filed six days before the return date as required by § 52-47 of the General Statutes. The defendant, however, entered a general appearance in this action on December 7, 1966.”
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