Legal Opinion
Treglia v. Zanesky
Connecticut Appellate Court
Decided December 25, 2001No. AC 19829PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PETERS, J.
General Statutes § 47-51 sets out formal requirements for conveyances of real property. Under that statute, if a grantor does not subscribe to a deed “with his own hand,” his name may be affixed by a person with a power of attorney. The principal issue in this case is whether this statutory directive may be waived by a grantor who has designated a surrogate signer by a specific grant of authority that is not in the form of a power of attorney. This is an issue of first impression. The trial court, concluding that use of a power of attorney was not always mandatory, rendered…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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- National Transportation Co., Inc. v. ToquetSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1937
- Suarez v. Dickmont Plastics Corp.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- Herbert S. Newman & Partners, P.C. v. CFC Construction Ltd. PartnershipSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
- Farmers & Mechanics Savings Bank v. SullivanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1990
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Ahern v. Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.Connecticut Appellate Court · 2003
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- Phelps v. LankesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2003
- William Lewis v. Estate of Robert LewisDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 2018
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