Connecticut Savings Bank v. Obenauf

Opinion

SPALLONE, J.

The defendant Ardeth H. Obenauf1 appeals following the trial court’s denial of her motion to open and set aside the money judgment rendered in favor of the substitute plaintiff, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as receiver of the plaintiff Connecticut Savings Bank.2 On appeal, the defendant claims that the court improperly held her hable on a promissory note to which she was not a party. We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the matter with direction to grant the defendant’s motion.

The following facts are relevant to a resolution of this appeal. In…