Title 52 — Title 52: Civil Actions

Sec. 52-515. When action of replevin maintainable. The action of replevin may be maintained to recover any goods or chattels in which the plaintiff has a general or special property interest with a right to immediate possession and which are wrongfully detained from him in any ma…

Sec. 52-516. Commencement of action of replevin. Prejudgment remedy. (a) An action of replevin shall be commenced by a writ of summons or attachment, describing the parties, the court to which it is returnable and the time and place of appearance. The writ shall be signed as in o…

Sec. 52-517. Replevin for property attached. When any property is held by an officer by virtue of a writ of attachment, any person other than the defendant having a general or special property interest therein with a right to the immediate possession thereof, and, when the proper…

Sec. 52-518. Replevin writ; affidavit as to value of goods and recognizance required. A writ of replevin shall not be issued: (1) Until the plaintiff, or some other credible person, subscribes an affidavit annexed to the writ stating the true and just value of the goods which it …

Sec. 52-519. Form of writ, affidavit and bond. The writ in an action of replevin, and the accompanying affidavit and recognizance, may be in the following form: To any proper officer: By authority of the state of Connecticut, you are hereby commanded, without delay, to cause to b…

Sec. 52-520. Determination of jurisdiction of court. Section 52-520 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8256; P.A. 76-436, S. 670, 681.)

Sec. 52-521. Replevin; service; new bond; voiding of process. (a) The officer who replevies property shall leave a true and attested copy of the process with the defendant, or at his usual place of abode, within three days after the replevy, and shall retain the property replevie…

Sec. 52-522. Pleadings. In an action of replevin, no cause of action, except of replevin or for a conversion of the goods described in the writ of replevin, may be stated. The pleadings in such action shall conform to the requirements of pleadings in civil actions so far as such …

Sec. 52-523. Complaint. If the complaint in an action of replevin contains a sufficient statement of the plaintiff's title and right of possession, a general allegation that the defendant wrongfully took the goods shall be sufficient without setting forth the facts showing that t…

Sec. 52-524. Defenses. All defenses to an action of replevin, other than those to the jurisdiction or in abatement, including avowry, alleging the defendant's right to take and hold the goods, and disclaimer, renouncing any interest in the goods, shall be made by answer or demurr…

Sec. 52-525. Statement of title. (a) An allegation by either party that the party pleading or a third person was, at the time when the action of replevin was commenced, or at the time the goods were replevied, the owner of the goods, or that they were then his property, is a suff…

Sec. 52-526. Judgment. No judgment for a return of the goods or for damages may be given to a defendant under a mere denial of the acts complained of, nor may a judgment of return be rendered in favor of a defendant who has either filed a disclaimer of interest in the goods or no…

Sec. 52-527. Transfer of cause to higher court. Section 52-527 is repealed. (1949 Rev., S. 8263; P.A. 82-160, S. 259.)

Sec. 52-528. Procedure on withdrawal or nonsuit of plaintiff. If the plaintiff, in any action of replevin, fails to appear or withdraws or is nonsuited, before or after issue is joined, the defendant may file an answer in the nature of an avowry alleging his right to take and hol…

Sec. 52-529. Burden of proof. Evidence. Damages and costs. If the plaintiff's right to the possession of the property described in the writ of replevin is put in issue, without any disclaimer of title by the defendant, the plaintiff shall be bound to prove his right to possession…

Sec. 52-530. Damages for property not replevied. No costs against common carrier. If any of the property described in the writ of replevin is not replevied, but the plaintiff proves a general or special property interest therein with a right to its immediate possession, and that …

Sec. 52-531. Nonresident defendant; security for costs. In an action of replevin brought against any person not an inhabitant of this state, the court before which the action is pending may make such order as to security to be given by the defendant for costs that may be recovere…