Smith v. Trinity United Methodist Church of Springfield

INTRODUCTION

KLACZAK, J.

On Februaiy 28, 1995, testatrix Evelyn Pay Long, executed a quitclaim deed of premises known as 337 Old Stafford Road in Stafford, Connecticut, to the defendant Trinity United Methodist Church of Springfield, Massachusetts (Trinity).

The testatrix died in 1997 and this action commenced in February, 1998. The plaintiffs Jane Long Smith and Jennifer Long Cleaver, executrix of the estate of the testratrix, are the testatrix’ daughters; Brett Cleaver is her grandson.

The pleadings originally alleged that the quitclaim deed from the testatrix to Trinity was the product of…