Cengage Advantage Books: Law for Business 18th Edition by John Ashcroft ,Janet Ashcroft

Exercise 13

When the concluding question in a case problem can be answered simply yes or no, stare the legal principle or rule of law that supports your answer.
Rental Management Inc. demonstrated its computer software to Rent-A-PC, a computer rental business. Rent-A-PC discovered that the software needed to be modified for its business. Rent-A-PC agreed to Rental's charges and paid a deposit of $42,110. Rent-A-PC discovered that the software did not include the modifications it had requested. It informed Rental it was going to stop implementation of the softearw and requested the deposit back. When Rental did not return the $42,110, Rent-A-PC sued, alleging unjust enrichment. Rental claimed that because it had incurred costs in obtaining the software for Rent-A-PC, it was not unjustly enriched. Was it?