Lane v. Sullivan

The defendant’s demurrer was rightly sustained on the ground that the declaration fails to state any consideration for the defendant’s promise.

The declaration sets forth a promise in writing by the defendant to pay the plaintiff, upon certain contingencies, the sum of $4,000, “plus her share of the estate of Elizabeth Christmas.” No act is alleged to have been performed and no promise is alleged to have been given on the part of the plaintiff in exchange for the promise of the defendant. The statement that the plaintiff “has performed all of the obligations imposed upon her by the terms of…