Villiers v. Decker

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the reasonable expectations of the parties determines whether a benefit is unjust
• \Intrinsic to any equitable barring of [a] claim on the grounds of delay . . . is the requirement that there be disadvantage to another flowing from that untimeliness\ [citation omitted]
• restitution appropriate only where “the circumstances of its receipt or retention are such that, as between the two persons, it is unjust for [one of them] to retain it” (citation omitted)
• “Unjust enrichment is defined as retention of money or property of another against the fundamental principles of justice or equity and good conscience” and the “equitable remedy for unjust enrichment is not available to a party with an adequate remedy at law”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).