In any action of summary process based upon nuisance, that term shall be taken to include, but shall not be limited to, any conduct which interferes substantially with the comfort or safety of other tenants or occupants of the same or adjacent buildings or structures.
(1949, S. 3214d.)
History: Sec. 52-540 transferred to Sec. 47a-32 in 1977.
Annotation to former section 52-540:
Cited. 241 C. 502.
Annotations to present section:
Cited. 57 CA 731.
Cited. 38 CS 70.
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 47a - Landlord and Tenant
Section 47a-23c. - Prohibition on eviction of certain tenants except for good cause.
Section 47a-23d. - Report to General Assembly.
Section 47a-24. (Formerly Sec. 52-532a). - Action by cooperative housing corporation.
Section 47a-24a. - Action by receiver of rents.
Section 47a-25. (Formerly Sec. 52-533). - Waiver of notice to quit.
Section 47a-26. (Formerly Sec. 52-534). - Failure to appear. Judgment.
Section 47a-26a. - Failure to plead. Judgment.
Section 47a-26b. - Motion and order for payments for use and occupancy.
Section 47a-26c. - Advancement of pleadings. Failure to plead.
Section 47a-26d. - Trial. Finding. Judgment.
Section 47a-26e. - Order of payments on appeal.
Section 47a-26f. - Hearing to distribute payments.
Section 47a-26h. - Persons bound by judgment. Notice. Exemption.
Section 47a-26i. - Motion to open or set aside judgment or to extend final stay of execution.
Section 47a-27. (Formerly Sec. 52-535). - Summary process by assignee and mortgagee.
Section 47a-28. (Formerly Sec. 52-536). - Action by selectmen.
Section 47a-29. (Formerly Sec. 52-537). - Action by reversion or remainderman.
Section 47a-31. (Formerly Sec. 52-539). - Illegal use of premises voids lease.
Section 47a-32. (Formerly Sec. 52-540). - Nuisance defined.
Section 47a-33. (Formerly Sec. 52-540a). - Defense that action is retaliatory.
Section 47a-33a. - Presentation of affirmative defenses.
Section 47a-34. (Formerly Sec. 52-541). - Other legal remedies not affected.
Section 47a-35. (Formerly Sec. 52-542). - Stay of execution. Appeal.
Section 47a-35a. - Bond on appeal. Rent to be paid into court.
Section 47a-35b. - Distribution of payments after appeal.
Section 47a-37. (Formerly Sec. 52-544). - Application for stay of execution.
Section 47a-38. (Formerly Sec. 52-545). - Hearing on application for stay of execution.
Section 47a-39. (Formerly Sec. 52-546). - Court may grant stay of execution.
Section 47a-41. (Formerly Sec. 52-548). - Waiver of tenant's rights to be void.