Lucas v. Associacao Protectora Uniao Madeirense Do Estado Da California

This action was brought by Julia Lucas against the Associacao Protectora Uniao Madeirense Do Estado Da California, a Portuguese social, beneficial and benevolent fraternal organization of which she is a member, and against its directors and several of its members, including John J. Montero. The judgment decreed that John J. Montero holds certain real property in trust for plaintiff. From this judgment John J. Montero alone appeals..The evidence most favorable to respondent is as follows: Respondent and appellant, in the year 1940, were members of the defendant lodge, although of different…