Legal Opinion
Whorton v. Dillingham
California Court of Appeal
Decided June 23, 1988No. D005340PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
WORK, J.
Donnis G. Whorton appeals a judgment dismissing his action against Benjamin F. Dillingham III after the court sustained a demurrer without leave to amend. Whorton claims property rights based on an oral cohabiters’ agreement with which he fully complied but which Dillingham breached after approximately seven years. The trial court found the pleadings showed the contract was unenforceable as expressly and inseparably based on sexual services. We conclude Whorton has alleged consideration for the purported contract substantially independent of sexual services, and reverse the…
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