Pettus v. McDonald

How courts have described this case

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• stating that an implied-in-law contract is not even a contract at all, but an obligation imposed by law to do justice
• applying standard to trial court's denial of a motion for directed verdict
• applying standard to trial court’s denial of a motion for directed verdict
• jury instructions stating abstract legal propositions without any evidentiary basis should not be given
• jury instructions stating abstract legal propositions without any evidentiary basis should not be given
• “[A]n implied-in-law contract is not even a contract at all, but an obligation imposed by law to do justice even though no promise was ever made or intended.” (emphasis added) (citing Calamari & Perillo, Contracts § 1-12 (3d ed.1987))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).