What was the consideration given to a father by his son in a marriage deed?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from Walker et al. v. Walker, 1947 CanLII 226 (SK QB):
There is no consideration named in the document, nor in the material before me is there any suggestion as to what was the consideration, Both parties to the deed are now dead and it would be difficult to get any exact statement as to the consideration for the deed. While there may have been other consideration, such as work done by the son for the father, I am prepared to assume that the real consideration was natural love and affection by the father for the son. This kind of consideration has been described as "good" but not "valuable" consideration: Holliday v. Atkinson (1826) 5 B & C 501, 108 ER 187; Halsbury, 2nd ed., vol. 7, p. 143.
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