a quasi-contract may be defined as, “a transaction in which there is no contract between the

parties; the law creates certain rights and obligation between them which are similar to
those created by a contract.

Quasi contracts are also referred to as implied-in-law contracts. They're a special kind of
contract, lacking mutual assent, but ordered by the court to avoid an injustice. When
these were first instituted into the American legal system, they were typically used to
enforce an obligation to restitution.
Quasi contracts arise when a dispute exists over payment for goods and services.
What's difficult about these circumstances is that no official agreement has been created
between the parties involved. The court steps in to prevent what's known as unjust
enrichment. In essence, it's trying to correct a situation where one party has acquired
something to the detriment of the other party. 
When someone has been unjustly enriched, they've escaped paying for the benefit
they've enjoyed. This makes their benefit ethically and morally inappropriate, and it must
be returned somehow. 
To prove unjust enrichment, five elements are required. 

 The defendant must have experienced some type of enrichment.

 The claimant must have suffered some type of disadvantage, due to the
defendant's enrichment. 
 The enrichment must be proven unjust. 
 There must be a lack of explanation surrounding the enrichment and
disadvantage. 
 There must be no other way to remedy the disadvantageous enrichment, except
through legal recourse.