De Mallagh v. De Mallagh
California Supreme Court
Appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court of San Luis Obispo County, and from an order denying a new trial. The facts are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Foote, C.
Action to declare a trust. The court below gave judgment for the plaintiff, and the defendants appeal. The facts as shown by the record are as follows:—
In 1877 the plaintiff, who was a Spanish woman, not understanding the English language, owned two pieces of real property, one of which was a ranch of five hundred acres, and the other a lot in San Luis Obispo. Both of these were mortgaged, and the interest was eat-, ing up the property. In this condition of affairs she conveyed the property to her son David, at his suggestion, in order to enable him to manage the same and try to…
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