Milford v. Recycling, Inc.

Citations

• 213 Conn. App. 306

Syllabus

The plaintiff city sought to foreclose a municipal tax lien on certain real property on which the defendant trustee, S, held a first mortgage. The trial court rendered a judgment of strict foreclosure and set law days. S filed a motion to open the judgment of strict foreclosure and to convert it to a judgment of foreclosure by sale, which the trial court granted. Thereafter, S filed a motion to open and to extend the sale date, claiming that there was an interested buyer in the property and that contract negotiations were ongoing. The plaintiff opposed the motion because S failed to identify the alleged buyer or to provide any documentation evidencing the potential sale. The trial court denied the motion, and S appealed to this court. Held that the trial court did not abuse its discre- tion by denying S's motion to open the judgment and to extend the sale date because its determination that the balancing of the equities favored the plaintiff was made after considering all of the relevant circumstances and needs of justice specific to the case and was reasonable under the facts and circumstances in the record. Argued March 3—officially released June 21, 2022