Build-Rite Contractors, Inc., asks Cool Electric, a subcontractor, to provide certain services. Nothing is said about payment. Cool provides the services and submits an invoice, which Build-Rite refuses to pay. In Cool's suit to recover, the chief issue is most likely to be whether these parties had

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In this scenario, there was no formal contract between Build-Rite and Cool Electric. However, an implied-in-fact contract may have been formed based on the conduct and actions of the parties. The fact that Cool Electric provided the services and expected to be paid is evidence of an agreement between the parties. The chief issue in this case would be whether there was enough evidence of an implied-in-fact contract to require Build-Rite to pay Cool Electric.