Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number (AC 18499) Attorney(S) Howard A. Lawrence and W. Bradley Morehouse filed a brief for the appellant (named defendant). Matthew B. Woods filed a brief for the appellee (substitute plaintiff). See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. UNION TRUST COMPANY v. BARBARA ROTH ET AL. Opinion PER CURIAM. In this mortgage foreclosure action, the owner of the equity of redemption appeals from the trial court's denial of her motion to reopen the judgment and to extend the sale date. Whether to grant a motion to open rests in the discretion of the trial court. Hartford Federal Savings Loan Assn. v. Stage Harbor Corp., 181 Conn. 141, 143, 434 A.2d 341 (1980). The court did not abuse its discretion in this case.