Gilbert v. Edmondson

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• holding that discharged attorney not entitled to recover under theory of quantum meruit when contract with client contained express provisions detailing how fees should be determined in the event of the attorney’s termination
• “There cannot be an express and implied contract for the same thing existing at the same time between the same parties. It is only when the parties themselves do not expressly agree, that the law interposes and raises a promise.” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)

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