Ingo v. Casey

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that quasi-contracts “give rise to obligations more akin to those stemming from contract than from tort”
• noting that quasi-contract and tort duties are imposed by law regardless of consent
• allowing unjust-enrichment claim where plaintiff had “fully performed his part of the contract”
• “ ‘where a third party is concerned, the Statute of Frauds provides no defense to him’ ”
• “The law creates [the quasi-contractual obligation], regardless of the intention of the parties, to assure a just and equitable result.”
• “The contract is mere fiction_ The law creates it, regardless of the intention of the parties, to assure a just and equitable result.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).