Illinois Appellate Court
Civil Court
Contracts
Parties agreed to purchase property together and to share in costs and profits, but Defendant never filed quitclaim deed conferring Plaintiff interest in property. Plaintiff stated in "gift letter" (exhibit to complaint) that monetary gift was a bona fide gift with no obligation to repay sum at any time. As letter contradicted an essential term of alleged oral contract, Plaintiff failed to sufficiently allege an oral contract and cannot sustain claim for unjust enrichment. (CUNNINGHAM and DELORT, concurring.)