Schmidt v. Turiano

DOWNEY, Judge.

Appellant, Johanna Schmidt (Schmidt), appeals from a final judgment entered in favor of appellee, Renate Turiano (Turi-ano).

The cause of action between the parties arose out of an oral agreement in which Schmidt agreed with her daughter, Turi-ano, that the daughter would pay for and have constructed an apartment as an addition to the mother’s home and would be allowed to live there indefinitely. The cost of construction was to be offset by the rental value of the premises to Turiano.

Turiano moved into the house prior to the construction of the addition, living in a second…