Town of Bennettsville v. Bledsoe

How courts have described this case

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

• in an action for money had and received, contractor was not entitled in equity and good conscience to retain the overpayment which would result in contractor’s unjust enrichment at the city’s expense
• “The action is at law for money had and received but it is well-settled that equitable principles govern. . . . [The recipient] is not entitled to [the overpayment] in equity and good conscience, which is the usual test in such cases.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).