A and B are neighbours. Before A left on a holiday, he asked B to keep an eye on his house. While A was on holidays, B noticed that A's lawn was in need of cutting and proceeded to cut the lawn. On A's return from his holiday, B demanded $10 for cutting the lawn. A's statement was a request for service, and hence B may claim for his service of cutting of the lawn on the basis of quantum meruit.

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Final Answer : False, Explanation :  Quantum meruit claims typically require that the services were provided with the expectation of being paid, and that the recipient of the services knew or should have known that payment was expected. Since A only asked B to keep an eye on his house without any discussion of lawn maintenance or payment, B cannot reasonably claim payment under quantum meruit for a service that was voluntarily offered without prior agreement.

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