Gulack v. Gulack

The defendant Fay H. Gulack appeals from the judgment of the trial court imposing a con*307structive trust on certain real property in favor of the plaintiff, Elaine W. Gulack. The issues on appeal are (1) whether the allegations of the complaint and the evidence submitted support the relief granted, (2) whether the trial court improperly drew an adverse inference against the defendant for failing to call the codefendant Howard Gulack1 as a witness, and (3) whether the trial court misapplied the dead man’s statute, General Statutes § 52-172, when it admitted statements of George Gulack, a…