Davis v. Parish

How courts have described this case

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

• “The measure of damages under quantum meruit or unjust enrichment is based upon the benefit conferred upon the defendant and not upon the cost to render the service or cost of the goods.”
• “The measure of damages under quantum meruit or unjust enrichment is based upon the benefit conferred upon the defendant and not upon the cost to render the service or cost of the goods.”
• “benefit is measured from the standpoint of the [defendant] upon whom such benefits were conferred . . . and not upon the cost [to the plaintiff] to render the service of cost of the goods”
• where fraud requires knowledge of falsity as well as “the intention and purpose of deceiving the plaintiff (causing plaintiff to act or refrain from acting in reliance thereon),” court describes latter element as “the intent to mislead [plaintiff] to his detriment”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).