When Creditor May Appear and

Defend In any action in which property has been attached, any person may appear and defend in the name of the defendant, upon filing in the court an affida- vit that he or she is a creditor of the defendant and has good reason to believe, and does believe, that the amount which the plaintiff claims was not justly due at the commencement of the suit and that he or she is in danger of being defrauded by a recovery by the plaintiff, and upon giving bond with surety to the plaintiff, in such amount as the judicial authority approves, for the payment of such costs as the plaintiff may thereafter recover. If the plaintiff recovers the whole claim, costs shall be taxed against the defendant to the time of the appearance of such creditor, and for the residue of the costs such creditor shall be liable upon his or her bond; if only a part of the plaintiff’s claim is recovered, the whole costs shall be taxed against the defendant, and the creditor shall not be liable for the same; if judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant, costs shall be taxed in his or her favor against the plaintiff, but the judicial authority may order that the judgment and execu- tion therefor shall belong to such creditor. No cred- itor so appearing shall be permitted to file a motion to dismiss, or to plead or give in evidence the statute of limitations, or to plead that the contract was not in writing according to the requirements of the statute, or to plead any other statutory defense consistent with the justice of the plaintiff’s claim. (See General Statutes § 52-86 and annotations.) (P.B. 1978-1997, Sec. 79.)