CONTRACTS - CONSIDERATION - MORAL OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN PAST

Authors

Michigan Law Review, University of Michigan Law School

Abstract

After decedent's wife died, claimants, her mother and sister, at the request of the decedent, broke up their home and came to live with him, to keep house for him and to care for his children. These services continued for ten years, at which time the decedent gave claimants his promissory notes aggregating $2,000. They entered these notes as claims against his estate. Held, the claimants' services, even if rendered gratuitously, were performed at the decedent's request and raised a moral obligation which was sufficient consideration for the notes. In re Schoenkerman's Estate, (Wis. 1940) 294 N. W. 810.

Recommended Citation

Michigan Law Review, CONTRACTS - CONSIDERATION - MORAL OBLIGATION TO PAY FOR SERVICES RENDERED IN PAST, 39 Mich. L. Rev. 1025 (1941).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol39/iss6/16