Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court September 15, 1830 (Mayhew v. Scott)

Wilde J.

afterward drew up the opinion of the Court. As no express contract was made between the principal and the trustee, the question is, whether the latter can be charged on the ground of an implied promise.

In order to charge a party on an implied assumpsit for services performed, it must be shown that they were performed for the benefit or at the request of the party to be charged.