Dennedy v. St. Theresa's Home for the Aged

Citations

• 28 Ohio C.C. Dec. 525
• 25 Ohio C.C. (n.s.) 465

Syllabus

<p>CONTRACTS — EQUITY.</p> <p>Jones, Jones and Gorman, JJ.</p> <p>1. Payment for Maintenance for Life in a Home for the Aged En-forcible.</p> <p>Courts will treat as a binding contract an agreement whereby a home and maintenance for life are promised by a home for the aged to one who has paid a specific sum in consideration for such promise.</p> <p>2. Hardships Resulting from Expelling Aged Woman from Home in Breach of Contract for Maintenance.</p> <p>Where an inmate of an institution under a contract for maintenance is expelled therefrom, free latitude in showing resulting hardship and damage together with the nature thereof shall not be refused.</p> <p>3. irregularities in Order of Expulsion Provable.</p> <p>To deny to an inmate who has been expelled the privilege of showing any irregularity or defect in the proceedings leading to the order of expulsion, including the nature of the charges, the hearing thereon, and all things connected with the order of expulsion is erroneous.</p> <p>[Syllabus approved by the court.]</p>