Mood v. Mader

This is an action of equitable cognizance, brought by the respondent, Jesse Mood, seeking to have confirmed by the court his claim to a one-eighth interest in certain real property. Judgment went in his favor in the court below, and the defendants in the action, Louis F. Mader and The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, appeal.

The facts are somewhat involved, and require some detail of statement. On and prior to February 6,1910, one William S. Mood and Sadie Mood, his wife, the father and mother of the respondent Jesse Mood, owned, as a community, certain real property situated in the county…