Eichman v. J & J Building Co.

The principal issue in this appeal is whether General Statutes § 49-141 places an affirmative duty on the trial court to determine the fair market value of real property in a deficiency judgment *445proceeding, when the court determines that the parties presented no credible evidence to establish that value. The plaintiff moved for a deficiency judgment following the strict foreclosure of a mortgage that secured a promissory note of the defendants.2 The court denied the motion for a deficiency judgment because it found none of the evidence regarding the value of the mortgaged property to be…