143 Conn. 354 | Conn. | 1956
These two actions were tried together. In each, the court entered judgment for the defendant. From the judgments the plaintiff has appealed. In the first case, appropriate relief was sought on the claim that the defendant husband had neglected and was continuing to neglect the support of the plaintiff wife. The second action has to do with an accounting as to certain real estate held by the defendant. When the cases came on for argument, it was agreed by the plaintiff that the appeal in the support action was not being pressed. A divorce action is pending in the Superior Court in Hartford County in which the present defendant is plaintiff, and an order has already entered for alimony pendente lite.
A single finding applies to the instant cases. Likewise, there is but one assignment of errors. This has to do with the court’s failure to adopt paragraphs in the draft finding, with the finding as made, with the conclusions drawn, and with the overruling of the plaintiff’s claims of law.
The following is a summary of the facts found and not attacked: The plaintiff and the defendant
On the basis of the foregoing facts, we can test the court’s conclusion — disposing of the case — that the defendant purchased the property with his own funds and took title exclusively in his own name. It is clear that the wife’s position on the appeals is hopeless if the finding remains uncorrected. The facts narrated lead logically to no other possible conclusion than the one reached by the court. Trenchard v. Trenchard, 141 Conn. 627, 631, 109 A.2d 250.
It is proper to draw reasonable and logical inferences from all the facts established. Fandiller v. Peluso, 139 Conn. 225, 228, 92 A.2d 734. The plaintiff relies on evidence to support her claim that the court erred in reaching its conclusions. The court’s conclusions are to be tested by the finding. Antenucci v. Hartford Roman Catholic Diocesan Corporation, 142 Conn. 349, 358, 114 A.2d 216. The plaintiff really seeks to have this court retry the case. We cannot
Neither party complied with, the rule that an appendix shonld contain a narrative, rather than a transcript, of the evidence. Practice Book § 448. The defendant shonld not recover as part of his costs the expense of printing his appendix. Practice Book § 452.
There is no error in either case.
No costs shall he taxed in either case in favor of the defendant for the expense of printing the appendix to his brief.
In this opinion the other judges concurred.