Rutter v. Rutter

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Frazer,

Plaintiff is the mother of defendant, with whom she entered into an agreement dated April 4, 1919, whereby, in consideration of $5, she gave to defendant an option to purchase a house owned by her situated in Lansdowne, Delaware County, for the sum of $8,500 in cash, the right being given defendant to exercise such option “at any time he may elect so to do,” the option to survive to defendant “for a period of one year immediately succeeding the decease of the plaintiff.” This written option was accompanied by an oral agreement whereby defendant was to sell his own…