Jeanfreau v. Jeanfreau

FOURNET, Justice.

Louis Jeanfreau filed suit against his brother Edward Jeanfreau for the ownership and possession of a motorboat, the Alice D, alleging that he purchased the boat at Biloxi, Miss., and “had the title to same placed in the name of Edward Jeanfreau for convenience sake only,” and that the defendant “agreed to return the said motorboat * * * whenever he so demanded.” In another paragraph of the petition, he alleged that since the purchase of the motorboat, all the expenses for the upkeep thereof were borne by him at the approximate cost of $2,500.

The defendant filed a plea of…