O'Connor v. Larocque
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O'Connor v. Larocque | |
Court | Connecticut Supreme Court |
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Citation | 302 Conn. 562, 31 A.3d 1 |
Date decided | November 1, 2011 |
Facts
- In 1971, Mr. Perkowski died intestate.
- At the time, Perkowski owned a vacant lot in Connecticut.
- A 1/3 interest in the lot went to Perkowski's widow while a 1/6 interest went to each of the 4 children
- However, the widow mistakenly believed that she had inherited everything (i.e., the whole lot)
- Based on the said assumption, the widow conveyed the entire lot to her daughter & son-in-law (the daughter's husband) "O'Connor" in 1980
- Later in 1987, the daughter O'Connor realized that her mother had only a 1/3 interest (2/6) in the lot
- Larocque = a sister of O'Connor
- O'Connor wanted to convince Larocque to hand over her share of the land to O'Connor
- Another sister & the surviving spouse of another conveyed their interests to O'Connor; in other words, 2 siblings handed over 2 * (1/6) interests to O'Connor
- However, Larocque refused to hand over her interest to her sister O'Connor & husband
- Consequently, O'Connor had a 5/6 interest in the lot while Larocque had a 1/6 interest in the lot