Connecticut General Statutes/Title 53/Chapter 946/Section 53-264

CGS § 53-264. Maintenance.

Each attorney, state marshal or constable, who, with intent to make gain by the fees of collection, purchases and sues upon any choses in action, shall be fined not more than one hundred dollars.

Short History

(1949 Rev., S. 8596; P.A. 00-99, S. 119, 154.)

Long History

History: P.A. 00-99 replaced reference to sheriff and deputy sheriff with state marshal, effective December 1, 2000.

Citations

State of facts not within section. 14 C. 23. Cited. 77 C. 461. Attorney may purchase judgment and sue thereon. 85 C. 267. Common law as to maintenance never adopted in this state as applied to civil actions. 100 C. 110; 106 C. 70.

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