Legal Opinion · Dissent

Webster Trust v. Roly

Connecticut Appellate Court

Decided July 10, 2001No. AC 20291Published

1DissentHennessy, J.

I respectfully disagree with the majority and would affirm the judgment of the trial court. I believe that the majority, in part I of its opinion, incorrectly concluded that the offer by the defendants Ruth A. Adinolfi and Gerald S. Adinolfi1 to purchase the land was a bona fide offer. Additionally, I believe that the dispositive issue of the appeal is whether the Adinolfis’ $100,000 offer was a bona fide offer, not whether the Adinolfis were “ready, willing and able to purchase the land” as the majority suggests. The majority’s conclusion that the offer was genuine because the Adinolfis were…

2Cases cited13 opinions

  1. Levy v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
  2. State v. DaySupreme Court of Connecticut · 1995
  3. Hamm v. TaylorSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
  4. Rice v. RiceSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  5. Rice v. RiceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1948

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