9 Conn. App. 77 | Conn. App. Ct. | 1986
This is a summary process action brought by the plaintiff-landlord based upon a written lease executed between the parties whereby the plaintiff leased residential property to the defendant-tenant for a one year term commencing May 1,1983, and terminating April 30, 1984.
On February 13, 1984, the plaintiff caused a notice to quit possession to be served on the defendant because of the defendant’s violation of a “no pets” provision in the lease. This summary process action ensued when the defendant remained on the premises. The defendant claimed in her defense that the plaintiff and the
We find that the appeal is moot.
“ ‘[I]t is not the province of appellate courts to decide moot questions, disconnected from the granting of actual relief or from the determination of which no practical relief can follow.’ Reynolds v. Vroom, 130 Conn. 512, 515, 36 A.2d 22 (1944); quoted in Bridgeport Jai Alai, Inc. v. Gaming Policy Board, 3 Conn.
The appeal is dismissed.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.
The defendant moved in this court for review of the termination of the stay. We granted the motion for review but denied the relief requested, effectively sustaining the action of the trial court.
After the defendant was evicted, the plaintiff moved in this court to dismiss the appeal as moot. Although we denied the plaintiff’s motion at that time, “[a]fter a review of the case upon full briefing, however, we have concluded that it is necessary to reconsider” the question of mootness. Governors Grove Condominium Assn., Inc. v. Hill Development Corporation, 187 Conn. 509, 511 n.6, 446 A.2d 1082 (1982).