Excerpt from A Selection of Cases on the Law of Quasi-Contracts, Vol. 1 That quasi-contracts has been chosen as a title will not be a surprise to any one familiar with the confusion existing in the cases in consequence of the indiscriminate use of the term Implied Con tract, - the term being used not only with reference to a contract implied in law, which is not a contract at all, but also with reference to a contract implied in fact, which is a true contract. It is safe to say that the development of this branch of the law has been much retarded by a confusion of ideas consequent upon this confusion of terms. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.