Coelho v. Coelho

This is an appeal from a decree which dismissed a bill in equity brought to establish the plaintiffs’ interests as tenants in common with the defendant in a parcel of property located at 56 Miller Street in Fall River. The parties are children of Maria Coelho, who died intestate in 1969.

The case was referred to a master who found as follows: The property was purchased in July of 1956, and title was taken in the name of the defendant, Catherine Coelho. Maria Coelho, the mother of the parties to this case, paid $4,000 of the $8,500 purchase price, and Catherine paid the balance, taking out a…