State ex rel. Chess v. State

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that plaintiffs cause of action did not arise until defendant breached agreement by refusing to compensate plaintiff fully for her services
• stating that the cause of action arose when “the defendant breached the agreement by refusing to fully compensate the plaintiff for her services”
• finding that recovery in quantum meruit was appropriate because CT Page 1581 the complaint did not allege an express contract
• \when causes of action . . . are separate and distinct . . . separate counts are necessary or indeed ordinarily desirable.\
• action based on agreement between parties for payment of additional compensation accrued at time employer refused to pay, not at failure to pay during course of employment
• quantum meruit and unjust enrichment may support recovery between unmarried couple

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).