What is the legal test for the interpretation of implied contract?

Saskatchewan, Canada


The following excerpt is from Brandt v. Burrows, 1966 CanLII 367 (SK QB):

If money is received for the use of another, then it becomes a debt and by implied contract is payable from the receiver to the one for whom he is trustee: Barnard v. Freeman (1908), 8 W.L.R. 721 (Y.T.).

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