Tort
1. The plaintiff is entitled to get unliquidated damages.
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2. In the law of torts, the duty is towards persons generally. Every person is under certain obligations against other public, i.e. not to cause injury or harm, etc. These duties and rights of every person is “rights in rem.”
3. In tortious liability, the plaintiff and the defendant may or may not knew each other before the tortious liability arises.
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Quasi-contract
1. Injunctions, specific restitution of property, and the payment of liquidated damages of money by way of penalty, etc. are the legal remedies available for plaintiff under quasi-contracts.
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2. There is a contract implied by the law, and therefore contractual liability is imposed upon the defendant. The plaintiffs rights against the defendant are “rights in personam.”
3. In quasi-contractual obligations, generally, the plaintiff and defendant know each other from the beginning, and then it ripens into contractual liability.