Judgment on sale of house reserved

The High Court has reserved judgment on an action by a widow who left her allegedly violent husband many years ago over the later…

The High Court has reserved judgment on an action by a widow who left her allegedly violent husband many years ago over the later sale of the family home by her stepchildren after they allegedly obtained a death certificate in her name.

Maureen Moore (71), Laburnum Square, North Road, Drogheda, Co Louth, has sued the two children of the late John Gabriel Moore – John Moore (43),Woodstock Park, Knocklyon, and Maria Byrne (41), Oakdale Crescent, Ballycullen – over the 2002 sale for €254,000 of the house, in Harold’s Cross, Dublin. Mr Justice Roderick Murphy reserved judgment.