Pickett v. Ruickoldt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Action to secure the cancellation of a deed procured by the defendant from an alleged incapable person over whom the plaintiff was subsequently appointed conservator, and for other equitable relief, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and erased from the docket (Tuttle, J.), upon motion of the defendant, for want of a party plaintiff, from which the plaintiff appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtBeach, J.
This action was brought by the conservator in his own name to recover real and personal property alleged to have been transferred without consideration by the ward to his brother, while under the undue influence of the transferee. Before any answer was filed the ward died, and the Union and New Haven Trust Company, his administrator, entered to prosecute. Ten months afterward the defendant filed a suggestion on the record of the termination of the conservatorship, and moved that the cause be dismissed and erased from the docket. The motion was granted on the ground that the action was…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hutchins v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1837
- Bowen, Admr. v. Nat. Life Asso.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1893
- Riggs v. ZaleskiSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1876
- Treat v. PeckSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1824
3Cited by6 opinions
- Hayes v. SmithSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Miner v. MinerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1951
- Reinhardt v. City of New HavenConnecticut Superior Court · 1961
- Plimpton v. Mattakeunk Cabin Colony, Inc.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1934
- Emmanuel v. BovinoConnecticut Superior Court · 1966
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