Mirlis v. Yeshiva of New Haven, Inc.

Citations

• 205 Conn. App. 206

Syllabus

The plaintiff sought to foreclosure a judgment lien on certain real property owned by the defendant in connection with an unsatisfied judgment from a previous case involving the parties. The plaintiff submitted an appraisal before the trial court valuing the property at $960,000, and the defendant submitted an appraisal valuing the property at $390,000. Following a hearing, the court found the fair market value of the property to be $620,000, and rendered a judgment of strict foreclosure in favor of the plaintiff, from which the defendant appealed to this court. Held that the trial court did not improperly determine the fair market value of the property: the record contained ample documentary and testimonial evidence regarding the valuation of the property in question; moreover, in light of the significant disagreements between the expert appraisers offered by the parties, the court reasonably could conclude that a com- promise figure best reflected the fair market value of the property. Argued February 9—officially released June 8, 2021