9 Conn. App. 368 | Conn. App. Ct. | 1986
In this case, the plaintiffs’ appeal from the Probate Court was made returnable to the incorrect judicial district. The trial court granted the defendant’s motion to dismiss the appeal because of improper venue.
The trial court, in granting the defendant’s motion to dismiss, stated in its memorandum of decision that
In Sprague v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities, 3 Conn. App. 484, 486, 489 A.2d 1064 (1985), we held that the term “cause” as used in § 51-351 includes administrative appeals as well as ordinary civil actions. Our analysis in Sprague is applicable to the present case, and we hold that “cause” in § 51-351 also applies to appeals from probate.
In its analysis, the trial court reasoned in part that the saving provision of General Statutes § 51-351 did not apply because General Statutes § 45-290 provided a procedure for curing defective probate appeals. How
There is error, the judgment dismissing the plaintiffs’ appeal is set aside and the case is remanded for further proceedings in accordance with law.
General Statutes § 45-288 provides: “Any person aggrieved by any order, denial or decree of a court of probate in any matter, unless otherwise specially provided by law, may appeal therefrom to the superior court for the judicial district in which such court of probate is held. Except in the case of an appeal by the state, such person shall give security for costs in the amount of one hundred fifty dollars, which may be paid to the clerk, or a recognizance with surety annexed to the appeal and taken before the clerk or a commissioner of the superior court or a bond substantially in accordance with the bond provided for appeals to the supreme court. Appeals from any decision rendered in any case after a record is made under sections 51-72 and 51-73 shall be on the record and shall not be a trial de novo.”
General Statutes § 45-290 provides: “In the event of any defect in the form of an appeal taken under the provisions of section 45-288 by any aggrieved person, such person may obtain from the court of probate an amendment to the appeal correcting the defect, provided the order for amendment is granted not later than ninety days after the date of the order, denial or decree of the court of probate from which the appeal was originally taken.”
General Statutes § 51-351 provides: “No cause shall fail on the ground that it has been made returnable to an improper location.”