Young v. Mulroy

HAMITER, Justice.

The dispute in this petitory action concerns the ownership of a certain, double cottage in the City of New Orleans, bearing Municipal Nos. 1129-1131 Fourth Street, the record title to which w-as in the name of Jacob. Young (hereinafter sometimes referred to as decedent) at the time of his death.

Plaintiff, Mrs. Wilhelmina B. Young, claims it by inheritance from decedent (her son). The position of defendant, Miss May Louise Mulroy, is that the property was purchased by her and that the title thereto was placed in decedent’s name solely for her benefit and convenience. In…