Youngs v. Tuttle Hill Corp.

This is a chancery suit arising out of an alleged oral joint adventure between plaintiff and defendant Leonard Bontekoe for -the purchase of certain land from plaintiff’s relatives. Plaintiff claims his contribution was to obtain the consent of his relatives to the sale of the property, that Bontekoe was to contribute the entire purchase price, and that they were then to share equally in the cost of development and the profits.

Defendants say that plaintiff and Bontekoe agreed to share equally in the cost of the land, the cost of development, and the profits or losses.

At the conclusion of…