Mello v. Mello

In 1945 Manuel Mello, Aldina Mello his wife, his brother Joseph Mello, and Mary Mello his wife, took title as tenants in common, each owning one undivided fourth, to land in New Bedford bounding westerly on Padanaram Avenue forty-five feet, and thence running easterly more than one hundred feet to the waters of Clark’s Cove. Manuel and Joseph were fishermen. Manuel and his wife lived in a shanty on the southerly half of the land, while Joseph and his wife lived in another shanty on the northerly half of the land. The couples had difficulty with each other, and Manuel and his wife, on June 7,…