Keefe v. Fitzgerald

This is an action to determine the ownership of a house and lot in the city of Grand Forks. John J. Fitzgerald died on September 17, 1938, and at the time of his death was the record title owner to the property involved in this lawsuit. He was a widower, his parents were dead, and he had no children. For several years prior to his deatli he had been keeping company with the plaintiff, Edith M. Keefe. He had a safety deposit box in a bank in Grand Forks. His brother, Michael Fitzgerald, who is now administrator of the estate, had access to this box and kept some of his own papers therein.…