ABSTRACT
Thomas v Thomas (1842) CQB The defendant was the surviving executor of the plaintiff’s deceased husband. Before his death, the husband had expressed the wish that the plaintiff should have a life interest in a certain house of his in Merthyr Tydfil. After his death, his executors made a written agreement with the plaintiff in the following terms: in consideration of the deceased husband’s wishes, the executors would convey the house to the plaintiff for life on various conditions, provided that the plaintiff pay the executors £1 per year towards the ground rent on the house and keep it in good repair. The defendant later refused to make such a conveyance and turned the plaintiff out of the house.
