Can a plaintiff recover for the reasonable value of services provided?
California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Neptune Gunite Co. v. Monroe Enterprises, Inc., 229 Cal.App.2d 439, 40 Cal.Rptr. 367 (Cal. App. 1964):
Lemoge Electric v. County of San Mateo, 46 Cal.2d 659, 664, 297 P.2d 638, says that: '* * * since there was an express contract for a sum certain, plaintiff cannot recover on the theory of an implied contract for the reasonable value of services performed.' See also 32 Cal.Jur.2d, 34, p. 640.
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