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Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-401 (2025)

Court to settle terms of accounting

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In any judgment or decree for an accounting, the court shall determine the terms and principles upon which such accounting shall be had.

(1949 Rev., S. 8145.)

Court may find that building erected by husband on land owned by him and his wife is vested in them as cotenants. 82 C. 424. Concurrent jurisdiction of Superior Court and Probate Court in claim of cestui que trust for accounting. 102 C. 121; 104 C. 190. Refusal to order account is a final judgment from which an appeal lies. 102 C. 122. Lies to compel husband to account for wife's funds given him for investment. 104 C. 187.

Cited. 5 CA 457. Role of auditor is as a trier of fact. 121 CA 96.

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Cited in 9 cases, 1969–2018 · leading case: Episcopal Church in Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss, 28 A.3d 302 (Conn. 2011).
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Episcopal Church in Diocese of Connecticut v. Gauss, 28 A.3d 302 (Conn. 2011). · cites it 8× “30 The defendants contend that the plaintiffs did not use the term “accounting” in its general sense but requested an accounting, as that term is used in General Statutes § 52-401 et seq., 31 so that they could claim at some future date that the trial court previously had found…”
Zuch v. Connecticut Bank & Trust Co., 500 A.2d 565 (Conn. App. Ct. 1985). · cites it 8× “The plaintiff, the sole beneficiary of a trust, sought equitable relief in a one count complaint, including an accounting under General Statutes §§ 52-401 through 52-405, from the defendant trustee of the trust.”
Russell v. Russell, 882 A.2d 98 (Conn. App. Ct. 2005). · cites it 2× “), the sole defendant in the first action (accounting action), appeals from the judgment rendered by the trial court on an accounting conducted pursuant to General Statutes § 52-401 et seq., whereby it was determined that he owed the plaintiffs, Charlotte Russell and Leigh R.”
Chioffi v. Martin, 186 A.3d 15 (Conn. App. Ct. 2018). · cites it 2× “The remedy of an accounting is codified in General Statutes § 52-401, which provides: "In any judgment or decree for an accounting, the court shall determine the terms and principles upon which such accounting shall be had.”
Cadle Co. v. D'addario, 957 A.2d 536 (Conn. App. Ct. 2008). · cites it 4× “; and seeking an accounting pursuant to General Statutes § 52-401. On August 21, 2006, the defendants moved to dismiss the complaint on the grounds that the plaintiff lacks standing to bring this action and that its claims are not yet ripe for review.”
Papallo v. Lefebvre, 161 A.3d 603 (Conn. App. Ct. 2017). · cites it 2× “" General Statutes § 52-401. "Courts of equity have original jurisdiction to state and settle accounts, or to compel an accounting, where a fiduciary relationship exists between the parties and the defendant has a duty to render an account.”
Tessitore v. Tessitore, 623 A.2d 496 (Conn. App. Ct. 1993). · cites it 2× “In his brief, the defendant argued that the trial court lacked jurisdiction to order an accounting on the ground that General Statutes §§ 52-401 through 52-405 provide the exclusive procedure for obtaining an accounting.”
Barber v. Barber, 994 A.2d 284 (Conn. App. Ct. 2010). · cites it 3× “On appeal, he claims that the court abused its discretion (1) in denying him a hearing on his objection to the report and (2) by indicating that the role of the auditor pursuant to General Statutes § 52-401 was that of a *98 fact finder tantamount to an arbitrator.”
Donahue v. Barnes, 265 A.2d 87 (Conn. App. Ct. 1969). · cites it 3× “See General Statutes §§ 52-401 to 52-405, “Actions for Accounting.”
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