Legal Opinion
Paffhausen v. Balano
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
Decided March 6, 1998PublishedCited by 62 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CLIFFORD, Justice.
[¶ 1] David Paffhausen appeals from an order entered in the Knox County Probate Court (Emery, J.) rejecting his quantum me-ruit claim against the estate of Elizabeth Balano but allowing recovery for unjust enrichment. Because we conclude that David was entitled to recover pursuant to the theory of quantum meruit, we vacate the judgment.
[¶ 2] In March 1990, David, who is a carpenter and an artist, asked Elizabeth Balano for permission to renovate a building owned by her. David had hoped to convert the building into a fine art print shop. The evidence shows that Elizabeth…
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