Section 29.15 Implied-In-Law Contracts (Quasi-Contracts)

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D. (§29.15) Implied-In-Law Contracts (Quasi-Contracts)

Claims for unjust enrichment are based on implied-in-law contracts. Dailing v. Hall, 1 S.W.3d 490, 492 (Mo. App. S.D. 1999). “Unlike a contract implied in fact, a contract implied in law is imposed, or created, without regard to the promise of the party to be bound.” Green Quarries, Inc. v. Raasch, 676 S.W.2d 261, 264 (Mo. App. W.D. 1984). “A contract implied in law is not actually a contract and, instead, is an obligation to do justice where no promise was ever made or intended.” Karpierz v. Easley, 68 S.W.3d 565, 573 (Mo. App. W.D. 2002). A noncontractual obligation is imposed to prevent unjust enrichment. Id.

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