Mott v. Iossa

About 1903 the defendant Nicola Iossa married Mrs. Filomena Mottemucci, and thereafter lived with her as her husband until her death in 1928. Nevertheless, during all those years, Mrs. Mottemucci was not the lawful wife of Iossa for she had another husband living from whom she was never divorced. Mrs. Mottemucci had two children by her lawful husband, one of whom, John Mottemucci, generally known as Joseph Iossa, is the complainant. He lived with his mother and Nicola until the former's death and continued thereafter to live with Nicola until last year.

The property which is the subject of…