Alexander v. O'NEIL

How courts have described this case

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• recognizing the “settled rule” that “the burden of proving an express or implied contract is upon the party asserting it.” (citation omitted)
• “In the recording acts the words Valuable consideration’ are used in contradistinction from valid or sufficient consideration between vendor and purchaser.”
• “he must prove each fact essential thereto, including the existence of mutual intention....”
• grantee who supported grantor during last years of her life and paid grantor $125 a month from income accruing from grantee’s management of conveyed property did not constitute a valuable consideration under recording act
• grantee who supported grantor during last years of her life and paid grantor $125 a month from income accruing from grantee’s management of conveyed property did not constitute a valuable consideration under recording act
• purchaser must pay “a present equivalent” for purposes of recording statute

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).