Valley v. Fazzina

This action was originally brought by the decedent, Josephine Fazzina, to set aside a conveyance which she had made of a multi-family house in New Britain to her son, the defendant, on July 15, 1976. She died on October 5, 1978, while the action was pending. Her daughter, Rose Valley, was appointed executrix pursuant to the will of the decedent and she was substituted as the plaintiff. The case was tried before a jury whose verdict consisted of answers to three interrogatories which had been submitted. The trial court regarded the answer given to one of these questions as inconsistent with…