Quantum valebant

Quantum valebant is a Latin phrase meaning "as much as they were worth". It is sometimes used in its singular form, quantum valebat, meaning “as much as it was worth". It is a common count at law very similar to quantum meruit. The two legal actions differ only in that quantum meruit is used to recover the reasonable value of services rendered, while quantum valebant is used to recover the reasonable value of goods sold and delivered.^[1] This count is considered a type of assumpsit.^[2]

^ See 1 Corbin on Contracts (rev. ed.1993) § 1.18, at p. 53 (footnote omitted).
^ See Joseph & Thomas Chitty, 1 A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading, p. 760 (1837); Harn v, Patterson, 58 Okla. 694, 160 P. 924, 926 (1916).

[1] See 1 Corbin on Contracts (rev. ed.1993) § 1.18, at p. 53 (footnote omitted).

[2] See Joseph & Thomas Chitty, 1 A Treatise on the Parties to Actions, and on Pleading, p. 760 (1837); Harn v, Patterson, 58 Okla. 694, 160 P. 924, 926 (1916).

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