Richter v. Wagner Oil Co.

How courts have described this case

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

• reasoning that promissory estoppel applies only “to a promise outside the contract,” and so “is not applicable to a promise covered by a valid contract”
• analyzing the evidence concerning the requirement under the fourth element of quantum meruit that Richter expected to be paid for passing on certain information
• “A party may recover under quantum meruit only when there is no express contract . . . .”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).