Lawrence v. Claiborne

McCALEB, Justice.

Plaintiff seeks to be declared owner of certain real estate in the city of New Orleans, bearing municipal number 3521 Melpomene Street. She avers that her late husband, Thomas Hazlet, was the record owner of the property on and before January 11th 1929; that, being unable to pay the mortgage thereon amounting to $2,500, he made an arrangement with defendant to place the property in his name with the understanding that defendant would thereafter collect the rents and apply the proceeds to the liquidation of the mortgage and that, upon its payment in full, defendant would…