Opinion ID: 1824183
Heading Depth: 4
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: What consideration was paid? / 4. Who paid the consideration?

Text: ¶ 17. In regard to consideration, the chancellor stated the following: No consideration was paid for the preparation of the will. Mr. Osborne's explanation of this was limited in that he said he often prepared wills for nothing, but here was a man who was not his regular client and who he knew had the ability to pay. Further, there is the question of whether he prepared it as an accommodation to this fellow attorney, Mr. Irving. Osborne testified that no consideration was paid by Smith for the preparation of the will. When questioned by the chancellor, Osborne explained in detail as follows: Q. It wasn't no charge just because of your accommodation of Tyree? A. Let me just say this. I don't know whether I didn't get paid because I didn't send a bill out, or whether I just did it, you know, because he is an old man. So I don't know why I didn't get paid. The only thing I know is that when I went back I found that I didn't get paid. Q. When you do wills you don't normally get paid at the time you deliver them, rather than billing them later? A. No, you know, I bill a lot of people, and it is not unusual. I have done wills for people, especially if they are real old and don't charge them anything, whether they have got assets or not. That is not the criteria that I use. I know that I didn't get paid for it by anybody. Furthermore, Osborne testified that Tyree did not pay him for his legal services, nor did Tyree offer to pay Osborne.