Legal Opinion
Penfield v. Jarvis
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided July 25, 1978PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCotter, C. J.
The plaintiff brought this action for a partition by sale of real property pursuant to § 52-500 of the General Statutes. The court sustained the defendants’ demurrer to the first prayer for relief sought in the complaint, and, on the plaintiff’s failure to plead over, rendered judgment for the defendants, from which the plaintiff has appealed.
The validity of a court’s ruling sustaining a demurrer is determined upon the basis of the facts which may properly be proved under the allegations demurred to; and such facts are to be given the same favorable construction that the trier would adopt in…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United Aircraft Corporation v. FusariSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Bahre v. HogbloomSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Johnson v. OlmstedSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1882
- City Savings Bank v. LawlerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Bishop v. HolcombSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1835
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Robinson v. Unemployment Security Board of ReviewSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
- Bridgeport Hospital v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
- Ecker v. Town of West HartfordSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1987
- Murach v. Planning & Zoning CommissionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1985
- Doe v. MaherConnecticut Superior Court · 1986
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