Genuario v. Finkler

2 Citing cases

  1. Teitelman v. Bloomstein

    155 Conn. 653 (Conn. 1967)   Cited 28 times

    The denial of a motion for a mistrial made in the course of the trial is an interlocutory ruling which can only be reviewed on the basis of a finding. Genuario v. Finkler, 136 Conn. 500, 502, 72 A.2d 57; State v. Williamson, 134 Conn. 203, 204, 56 A.2d 460; see Wooster v. Wm. C. A. Fischer Plumbing Heating Co., 153 Conn. 700, 703, 220 A.2d 449. Accordingly, a relatively simple type of finding as prescribed by 649 of the Practice Book and limited to the circumstances of the ruling was proper and necessary for a review of that ruling by this court. See Practice Book 609. No finding relevant to the general issue of liability is, however, necessary or appropriate for a review of the court's refusal to set aside a verdict where it is claimed, as it was in this case, that the evidence and permissible inferences warranted a verdict different from that rendered.

  2. Wroblew v. Thompson

    1993 Ct. Sup. 9653 (Conn. Super. Ct. 1993)

    I. Conversion To determine if there has been a conversion, the controlling issue is whether Mrs. Wroblew made a gift of her money to the defendants. Genuario v. Finkler, 136 Conn. 500, 501, 72 A.2d 57 (1950). "To constitute a valid gift inter vivos of personal property, there must be not only a delivery of possession of the property but also an intent on the part of the donor that title shall pass immediately.