Legal Opinion
Ruotolo v. Tietjen
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 27, 2007No. SC 17640PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
The named defendant, Riefe Tietjen, executor of the estate of John N. Swanson, and the defendants Marion Fessenden and Geraldine Augeri, appeal, following our grant of certification, from the judgment of the Appellate Court; Ruotolo v. Tietjen, 93 Conn. App. 432, 451, 890 A.2d 166 (2006); reversing the judgment of the Superior Court on appeal from the Probate Court, which had found that our testamentary antilapse statute, General Statutes § 45a-441, was inoperative in the present case. We affirm the judgment of the Appellate Court.
As set forth in the opinion of the Appellate Court, the…
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