Borough of West Caldwell v. Borough of Caldwell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• explaining that a quasi-contract is the \formula by which enforcement is had of a public duty raised to prevent unjust enrichment or unconscionable benefit or advantage...\
• stating that a municipality’s governmental and corporate or proprietary authority “is to be exercised as given [by the Legislature]
• explaining \New Jersey courts regard the existence of a valid contract as a bar to recovery under\ quasi-contract theories
• stating the basic principle that an enforceable contract exists where a written agreement is \sufficiently definite in its terms that the performance to be rendered by each party can be ascertained with reasonable certainty\
• an implied contract \consists of an obligation arising from mutual agreement and intent to promise but where the agreement and promise have not been expressed in words\
• the terms were so vague that the intent of the parties could not be determined

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).