Zauner v. Brewer

In this will construction case, the plaintiff, Anne Barnett Zauner, challenges the judgment of the Superior Court in favor of the defendant, Leonie Sullivan (Walker) Brewer,1 following the granting of the defendant’s motion for summary judgment. Because we conclude that genuine issues of material fact exist as to the intended meaning of a disputed provision of the will of the testatrix, Virginia R. Ward, and as to whether the defendant had committed waste actionable by the plaintiff under General Statutes § 52-5632 and subject to immediate relief in damages, we reverse.

The plaintiff was the…