Legal Question in Credit and Debt Law in Massachusetts
please explain the term quantum meruit used in a contract suit for goods and services
Asked on 12/11/10, 12:55 pm
1 Answer from Attorneys
Christopher Vaughn-Martel
Charles River Law Partners, LLC
Quantum meruit is an equitable measure of recovery, where there is no express contract and you are askin the court to find that a contract exists because a party has been conferred a benefit that it would be unjust for them to keep.
Answered on 12/16/10, 1:18 pm