O'BRIEN v. DAVIS

No. FA-04 4000138S.

894 A.2d 1072 (2005)

49 Conn.Sup. 474

Kevin O'BRIEN v. Florence DAVIS.

Superior Court of Connecticut, Judicial District of Stamford-Norwalk at Stamford.

September 29, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rutkin & Oldham, P.C., Westport, for the plaintiff.

Fitzmaurice & Siegel, Stamford, for the defendant.


TIERNEY, J.

INTRODUCTION

What happens when a court misspeaks in an oral decision rendered from the bench immediately after the conclusion of the hearing? No Connecticut decision gives the answer to this seemingly common occurrence. Other more well-known authorities have, however, addressed this issue.

"I meant what I said and I said what I meant." T. Geisel, Horton Hatches the Egg (Random House, 1940) p. 16.

"`When I use a word,'"...

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