Legal Opinion
Cooper v. Cavallaro
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided September 18, 1984No. 2387PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Per curiam
This appeal1 involves two cases which were consolidated for trial. Judgment was rendered, in the first case, for the defendant individually, and, in the second, for the defendant in his capacity as executor of the estate of Julia Cavallaro. The parties were in dispute over two joint savings accounts and a mortgage deed and note each held jointly by the defendant and the decedent, with a right of survivorship. The issues are whether the state referee, acting as the trial court, erred (1) in placing the burden of proof on the plaintiffs to establish a constructive trust of the mortgage note and…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Adams v. RubinowSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1968
- Alaimo v. RoyerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Heslin v. Connecticut Law Clinic of Trantolo & TrantoloSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1983
- State v. ClementeSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1974
- Koizim v. KoizimSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1980
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Bunting v. BuntingConnecticut Appellate Court · 2000
- Martinelli v. Bridgeport Roman Catholic Diocesan Corp.District Court, D. Connecticut · 1998
- Colonial Bank & Trust Co. v. MatoffConnecticut Appellate Court · 1989
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