79 Conn. App. 835 | Conn. App. Ct. | 2003
Opinion
In this action on a promissory note, the plaintiff, Nora Stein, appeals from the judgment of the trial court denying her motions to open the judgment and for reconsideration of the court’s dismissal of the action. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.
The following facts are relevant to the plaintiffs appeal. The plaintiff commenced an action to collect moneys owed to her by the defendants, Rickey A. Horton and Jason J. Horton, Sr. The court, Martin, J., granted the plaintiff s motion for summary judgment as to the defendants’ liability. The case was scheduled for
“It is well established that [a] motion to open and vacate a judgment ... is addressed to the [trial] court’s discretion, and the action of the trial court will not be disturbed on appeal unless it acted unreasonably and in clear abuse of its discretion. ... In determining whether the trial court abused its discretion, this court must make every reasonable presumption in favor of its action. . . . The manner in which [this] discretion is exercised will not be disturbed so long as the court could reasonably conclude as it did.” (Internal quotation marks omitted.) Searles v. Schulman, 58 Conn. App. 373, 376-77, 753 A.2d 420, cert. denied, 254 Conn. 930, 761 A.2d 755 (2000).
The judgment is affirmed.