Implied promise to pay for services or property

Ordinarily, when one renders service or transfers property which is valuable to another, which the latter accepts, a promise is implied to pay the reasonable value thereof. However, this presumption does not usually arise in cases between very near relatives. History. Civil Code 1895, § 4936; Civil Code 1910, § 5513; Code 1933, § 3-107. History of Section. This Code section is derived from the decision in Hudson v. Hudson, 90 Ga. 581, 16 S. E. 349 (1892).