Martin v. Little, Brown and Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• threat of legal counterclaim, even if entirely lacking in merit, does not constitute outrageous conduct
• \ 'Quasi-contracts may be found in the absence of any expression of assent by the party to be charged and may indeed be found in spite of the party's contrary intention.' \
• “An implied contract is an agreement which legitimately can be inferred from the intention of the parties as evidenced by the circumstances and ‘the ordinary course of dealing. . .’”
• “a promise to pay the reasonable value of the service is implied where one performs for another, with the other’s knowledge, a useful service of a character that is usually charged for, and the latter expresses no dissent or avails himself of the service.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).