Peterson v. Torrington

Citations

• 196 Conn. App. 52

Syllabus

The plaintiff sought, inter alia, a declaratory judgment as to a tax sale of real property, and for other relief. Pursuant to the system to collect taxes unique to the defendant city of Torrington, the defendant R, the tax collector for the city, conducted a tax sale in which he sold certain real property of the plaintiff to collect unpaid property taxes. In response, the plaintiff commenced an action against the city, R, and the defendants W and S, the purchasers of the property at the tax sale. The trial court granted the motion to intervene as a party defendant filed by H Co., a lender that held a mortgage on the property. H Co. sought, inter alia, a declaratory judgment as to the title to the real property, and for other relief. Subsequently, the trial court granted the motions for summary judgment filed by the city, R, and W and S, and rendered judgment thereon, from which H Co. appealed to this court. Held that H. Co.'s appeal was moot because there was an unchallenged, alternative ground for affirming the judgment of the trial court; accordingly, because this court could not grant H Co. any practical relief with respect to its claims, this court was without subject matter jurisdiction over H Co.'s appeal. Argued November 12, 2019—officially released February 25, 2020