Chrysler Corp. v. Airtemp Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• defendant, third-party beneficiary under agreement between plaintiff and corporation, was not liable under theory of quantum meruit absent showing that plaintiff Was unable to recover under underlying or express contract
• “If it is determined that the relationship of the parties and the services involved in this claim are the subject of an express contract, the terms of that contract control and there is no occasion to pursue the theory of quantum meruit or contract implied in law.”
• “If it is determined that the relationship of the parties and the services involved in this claim are the subject of an express contract, the terms of that contract control and there is no occasion to pursue the theory of quantum meruit or contract implied in law.”

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