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GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. PUMPHREY

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13 Conn. App. 223 (1988)

GENERAL MOTORS ACCEPTANCE CORPORATION v. LINDA PUMPHREY ET AL.

Appellate Court of Connecticut.

Decision released January 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael P. Del Sole, with whom, on the brief, was Vincent J. Beirne, for the appellant (third party defendant Aetna Casualty and Surety Co.).

Michael Brodinsky, for the appellees (defendants-third party plaintiffs).

DUPONT, C. J., STOUGHTON and FOTI, JS.

DUPONT, C.J.

This is an appeal from the trial court's denial of the third party defendant's motion to open judgment. The basic issue to be decided is whether the failure to issue a summons to a party precluded the court from obtaining personal jurisdiction over that party, thereby voiding a judgment by default for failure to appear rendered more than four months prior to the motion to open the judgment.

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