Wheat v. Finney’s Empirical Analysis
1981
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
1
states following
December 1989
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Brown v. Wichita State University · Carroll v. Kittle · Malone v. University of Kansas Medical Center · Wilson v. Probst · Minnesota Avenue, Inc. v. Automatic Packagers, Inc.
Most-quoted passages
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““Restitution and unjust enrichment are modern designations for the older doctrine of quasi-contracts. Mai v. Youtsey, 231 Kan. 419, 423 , 646 P.2d 475 (1982); Wheat v. Finney, 230 Kan. 217, 220 , 630 P.2d 1160 (1981). One prerequisite for unjust enrichment is a benefit conferred on the defendant by the plaintiff. Mai v. Youtsey, 231 Kan. at 423; 17 C.J.S., Contracts § 6. The substance of an action for unjust enrichment lies in a promise implied in law that one will restore to the person entitled thereto that which in equity and good conscience belongs to him. 17 C.J.S., Contracts § 6.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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