Conklin v. Chaffee

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 243
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 58

Syllabus

<p>Cordraci — Consideration—Nudum pactum.</p> <p>An oral promise made to an owner in possession of land to pay for one-half of a porch which the owner had contracted to have erected, is a mere nudum pactum without consideration, where it appears that the promisor had no other interest in the land than a share of the annual income charge in partition proceedings on the land for a widow for life, which he held by mesne assignment from the widow, and a share in the fund charged on the land after the death of the widow.</p>