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AMERICAN TRADING REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES, INC. v. TRUMBULL

(13811)

215 Conn. 68 (1990)

AMERICAN TRADING REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES, INC. v. TOWN OF TRUMBULL

Supreme Court of Connecticut.

Decision released May 15, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Burton S. Yaffie, with whom, on the brief, was Peter J. Ottomano, for the appellant-appellee (defendant).

Stewart I. Edelstein, for the appellee-appellant (plaintiff).

PETERS, C. J., SHEA, GLASS, COVELLO and HULL, JS.

PETERS, C. J.

This appeal presents two principal questions: (1) the proper construction of the words "for the purpose of a road or passage way" in the granting clause of a deed; and (2) the scope of municipal immunity from claims of adverse possession. The plaintiff, American Trading Real Estate Properties, Inc., brought this action against the defendant, the town of Trumbull, to quiet title to a narrow strip of land in which both parties claim fee simple ownership...

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