Hill v. Chambers

The Hills were defendants and the Chambers were plaintiffs in the trial court and we will refer to them herein by name or as they there appeared.

In 1954 plaintiffs filed their complaint alleging that about April 1951 defendants orally promised to convey to plaintiffs one acre of land described therein, located in Adams County, Colorado, if plaintiffs would build a house thereon. The consideration alleged was the actual construction of the house in reliance on the gift. Plaintiffs further alleged that the house was built, that it has a reasonable market value of $15,000.00 (later testified to…