Nelson v. Hazel

How courts have described this case

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

• negligent contractor can recover for benefits conferred, citing comment c of Restatement (First) of Contracts § 357
• “A person may not enforce collection under a contract which has not been performed.”
• \A person may not enforce collection under a contract which has not been performed.\
• “It is basic contract law that one party cannot insist upon the performance of a contract or a provision thereof where he, himself, is guilty of a material or substantial breach of that contract or provision.”
• approving the rule in Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 374

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).