Couch v Branch Investments (1969) Ltd - [1980] 2 NZLR 314

Contract — Consideration — Forbearance to sue — Husband borrowed money from plaintiff to buy a launch — Loan recorded as a hire purchase agreement — Launch sank — Husband defaulted — Without independent legal advice, wife signed agreement that, in consideration of plaintiff forbearing to sue husband for one month, she agreed to pay plaintiff $6500 on demand — Whether agreement binding on her.