Legal Opinion
First Connecticut Small Business Investment Co. v. Arba, Inc.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided February 3, 1976PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHouse, C. J.
This is an appeal by the defendant John Y. K. Wong (hereafter sometimes referred to as the defendant) from a June 21, 1974, judgment of the Court of Common Pleas in New London County granting to the plaintiff strict foreclosure of a mortgage. The court concluded that Wong was estopped from utilizing the Statute of Frauds as a defense to the plaintiff’s claim for the priority of its mortgage over an earlier recorded mortgage held by Wong which contained a clause “automatically” subordinating it to a first mortgage to be placed on the mortgaged premises. The judgment determined that by virtue…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Novella v. Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- State v. GraytonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1972
- Spear-Newman, Inc. v. Modern Floors CorporationSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1961
- Jensen v. Nationwide Mutual InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1969
- Tradesmens National Bank of New Haven v. MinorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
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