Investors Title Co., Inc. v. Hammonds

How courts have described this case

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• finding that an action for money had and received is appropriate when the defendant received or obtained possession of the plaintiffs money, which, in equity and good conscience, he should pay over to the plaintiff
• finding that the general elements of an action for money had and received are the defendant’s receipt of a benefit, the defendant’s appreciation of a benefit, and that the defendant’s acceptance and retention of the benefit was unjust
• applying an action for money had and received “where the defendant has received or obtained possession of the money of the plaintiff, which, in equity and good conscience, he ought to pay over to the plaintiff”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).