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    A father-in-law purchased a house for his son and daughter-in-law and promised to transfer the house to them if they paid the mortgage installments. After the father died, the mother inherited the house and tried to remove the daughter-in-law. The court held that the father had made a unilateral offer to the couple that the daughter-in-law had begun accepting by paying installments, so the mother could not revoke the offer. The daughter-in-law was entitled to remain in the house.

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    A father-in-law purchased a house for his son and daughter-in-law and promised to transfer the house to them if they paid the mortgage installments. After the father died, the mother inherited the house and tried to remove the daughter-in-law. The court held that the father had made a unilateral offer to the couple that the daughter-in-law had begun accepting by paying installments, so the mother could not revoke the offer. The daughter-in-law was entitled to remain in the house.

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    Case summaries Errington v Errington Woods [1952] 1 KB 290 Court of Appeal


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    A father-in-law purchased a house for his son and daughter-in-law
    Law Revision to live in. The house was put in the father's name alone. He paid the
    deposit as a wedding gift and promised the couple that if they paid
    the mortgage instalments, the father would transfer the house to
    them. The father then became ill and died. The mother inherited the
    house. After the father's death the son went to live with his mother
    but the wife refused to live with the mother and continued to pay
    the mortgage instalments. The mother brought an action to remove
    the wife from the house.

    Held:

    The wife was entitled to remain in the house. The father had made
    the couple a unilateral offer. The wife was in course of performing
    the acceptance of the offer by continuing to meet the mortgage
    payments. Under normal contract principles an offer may be revoked
    at any time before acceptance takes place, however, with unilateral
    contracts acceptance takes place only on full performance. Lord
    Denning held that once performance had commenced the Mother
    was estopped from revoking the offer since it would be
    unconscionable for her to do so. Furthermore there was an intention
    to create legal relations despite it being a family agreement.

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