Young v. O'Donnell

Appellant brought this action for ejectment and to quiet title in herself, and respondents answered affirmatively, alleging title in themselves and praying that their title be quieted. Both parties claimed as the common source of title their father, Patrick O’Donnell. Appellant also showed a quitclaim deed from John P. 0 ’Donnell to her, not executed jointly with him by his wife. Appellant alleged an oral agreement entered into between herself and her brother, the respondent John P. O’Donnell, whereby she assumed the care of their father in 1919, when he was eighty-two years old and needed…