Legal Opinion
Ruick v. Twarkins
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided June 1, 1976PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, C. J.
This was an action to settle title to ten acres of land in the town of East Granby and for damages and attorney’s fees. The plaintiff is the mother of the three defendants, and this controversy between her and three of her four daughters concerns the daughters’ claims to the one-half interest in the land previously owned by the plaintiff’s deceased husband, their father. The plaintiff claims title to this contested one-half interest by adverse possession. The defendants claim title by the law of intestate succession.
The court found facts which it concluded warranted a judgment of title in the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Paiva v. Vanech Heights Construction Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1970
- French v. PearceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1831
- Wadsworth Realty Co. v. SundbergSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1973
- Folwell v. HowellSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1933
- Horowitz v. F. E. Spencer Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1945
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Klar Crest Realty, Inc. v. Rajon Realty Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
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