Case Name: Wilbur against How
Court: New York Supreme Court of Judicature
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1811-10
Citations: 8 Johns. 444
Docket Number: 
Parties: Wilbur against How.
Judges: 
Reporter: Johnson's Reports
Volume: 8
Pages: 444–444

Head Matter:
Wilbur against How.
Where the contract or job for making a road, was put up for sale at auction, and A* and B. agreed that one of them should hid. and if the contract should be struck off to the one bidding, the ot her should have an equal share in it, and it was struck off to B. against whom. A. after-wards brought an action for a breach of the agreement between them ; it was held, that the agreement was withoutconsideration, and void.
IN error, on certiorari, from a justice’s court.
How brought his action against Wilbur before the justice. The plaintiff in his declaration stated, that a contract or job, for making a certain road, was set up at auction, and it was agreed between the plaintiff and defendant, that if either of the parties should bid off the job, it should be divided between them; and that Wilbur bid off the job, but refused to give How a share in it according to his agreement, for the breach of which the plaintiff claimed damages, and the jury found a verdict for the plaintiff for twenty dollars, on which the justice gave judgment.

Opinion:
Per Curiam.
This case comes within the principle laid down in Doolin v. Ward. (6 Johns. Rep. 194.) The contract was a nudum pactum, and a fraud on the vendor. The judgment below must be reversed.
Judgment reversed.