Connecticut National Mortgage Company v. Lise-Lotte Knudsen

Summary

The court held that the defendant's appeal was not moot because her timely appeal from the new strict-foreclosure judgment triggered an automatic appellate stay before the law day passed. That stay prevented title from vesting in the plaintiff, even though the appeal was also associated with a subsequent motion to open that did not independently trigger an automatic stay. The court reversed the Appellate Court's dismissal and remanded for further proceedings.