Carbaugh v. Woods on Herring Creek Homeowners Ass’n

In 2003, Plaintiffs loaned Utility Systems, Inc. (“USI”), which provided wastewater disposal services to the Woods on Herring Creek community, almost $250,000 to meet the costs of managing and improving the wastewater treatment system (“System”). Plaintiffs were not repaid by USI. In 2013, Plaintiffs filed this action seeking to recover the loaned funds under the doctrines of quantum meruit and unjust enrichment. Plaintiffs named as defendants Woods on Herring Creek Homeowners Association, which took over the System in 2004, and Sussex County, to whom the Association transferred the system in 2008. The Court of Chancery granted Defendants’ motion to dismiss, holding that Plaintiffs’ action was barred by laches. View "Carbaugh v. Woods on Herring Creek Homeowners Ass’n" on Justia Law