Fidelity & Deposit Co. v. McQuade

This is a suit to establish a lien or interest in appellant, in certain real estate located in ■ the District of Columbia.

*338The case is this: Sometime prior to 1925, appellee, a resident of Maryland, and his aunt, Mary Louisa McQuade, a resident of Washington city, jointly purchased at auction for $8,000 a parcel of improved Washington real estate, and borrowed from a building association $4,500 of the purchase price on a deed of trust. In February, 1925, Mrs. McQuade qualified as executrix of the estate of Francis Joseph Mc-Quade (presumably her husband), and under the provisions of Section 3…