Re McArdle

A case on consideration one of the requirements in the formation of a contract. This 1951 case concerned a house where Mr. McArdle and his wife lived, but which belonged to his mother. McArdle's wife paid for some repairs and improvements in the house, and the mother promised that this would be paid back from her estate when she died. McArdle and the other beneficiaries of the will produced a document in which they promised to pay this back to Mrs. McArdle upon the death of the mother. When McArdle later inherited the house, the wife claimed that she should be paid, but the beneficiaries of the will refused.

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