—Foreclosure

of Municipal Liens (a) In any action to foreclose a municipal tax or assessment lien the plaintiff need only allege and prove: (1) the ownership of the liened premises on the date when the same went into the tax list, or when said assessment was made; (2) that thereafter a tax in the amount specified in the list, or such assessment in the amount made, was duly and properly assessed upon the property and became due and payable; (3) (to be used only in cases where the lien has been continued by certificate) that thereafter a certificate of lien for the amount thereof was duly and properly filed and recorded in the land records of the said town on the date stated; (4) that no part of the same has been paid; and (5) other encumbrances as required by the preceding section. (b) When the lien has been continued by certifi- cate, the production in court of the certificate of lien, or a certified copy thereof, shall be prima facie evidence that all requirements of law for the assessment and collection of the tax or assess- ment secured by it, and for the making and filing of the certificate, have been duly and properly complied with. Any claimed informality, irregularity or invalidity in the assessment or attempted col- lection of the tax, or in the lien filed, shall be a matter of affirmative defense to be alleged and proved by the defendant. (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 187.) the estate, the plaintiff shall aver in the complaint or reply for whose special benefit the action is prosecuted, and how such persons are interested in the same, and how the act or neglect of the defendant has injured their rights or affected their interests and the judgment rendered in any such case shall not, in any future proceedings, by scire facias or otherwise, bar or conclude the rights of other persons interested in the bond. (See Gen- eral Statutes § 52-117 and annotations.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 189.)