2012 Connecticut General Statutes
Title 52 - Civil Actions
Chapter 898 - Pleading
Section 52-102 - Joinder of persons with interest adverse to plaintiff and of necessary persons.
Upon motion made by any party or nonparty to a civil action, the person named in the party’s motion or the nonparty so moving, as the case may be, (1) may be made a party by the court if that person has or claims an interest in the controversy, or any part thereof, adverse to the plaintiff, or (2) shall be made a party by the court if that person is necessary for a complete determination or settlement of any question involved therein; provided no person who is immune from liability shall be made a defendant in the controversy.
(1949 Rev., S. 7825; P.A. 86-338, S. 16; P.A. 87-227, S. 10.)
History: P.A. 86-338 provided that any “party” has the right to make any person a defendant; P.A. 87-227 replaced “Any party shall have the right to make any person a defendant who” with “Upon motion made by any party or nonparty to a civil action, the person named in the party’s motion or the nonparty so moving, as the case may be, (1) may be made a party by the court if that person”, added provision that the person “shall be made a party by the court if that person” is necessary for a complete determination or settlement of any question, and added provision that no person who is immune from liability shall be made a defendant in the controversy.
Cited. 29 CA 618. Cited. 32 CA 340. Cited. 33 CA 714. Cited. 34 CA 634. Cited. 35 CA 204. Cited. 41 CA 62; Id., 89. Cited. 42 CA 330; judgment reversed, see 241 C. 734; Id., 363. Cited. 43 CA 227. Cited. 46 CA 391.
Cited. 12 CS 199. Cited. 17 CS 34. Mortgagee bank holding mortgage given by grantee who allegedly acquired property from incompetent grantor without consideration is proper party in suit by grantor’s conservator to void deed. 18 CS 106. Cited. 19 CS 398. Plaintiff properly moved to be made a party defendant to protect its interest re foreclosure. 25 CS 516. Cited. 26 CS 418. Provisions cannot be stretched to allow defendant to implead as third-party defendant a person who has not been sued by plaintiff. 33 CS 190. Cited. Id., 606. Cited. 41 CS 389. Cited. 44 CS 469.
Subdiv. (2):
Cited. 233 C. 701.
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