January 03, 2009	Saturday	Muharram 05, 1430

ATHENS, Jan 2: A Greek appeal court has declared void a deal under which an alcoholic traded his apartment to a bar owner in return for free drink for the rest of his life, a newspaper reported on Friday.

The agreement concerned an apartment worth $46,000 which the 62-year old drinker sold to the bar owner for $9,100 with the right to live in it rent-free until he died, according to Eleftherotypia.

A tab of $1,225 was written off and the vendor undertook to provide free drinks for the rest of the drinker’s life.

Four years after signing the deal the toper died and his brother took the case to court.

The court said the terms of the deal had been disportionate and contrary to decent behaviour as they exploited an individual’s dependence.—AFP