Opinion ID: 349352
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: The Facts Giving Rise to an Equitable Lien.

Text: 33 The plaintiff asserts many different factual reasons why an equitable lien here attaches, but the most persuasive theory is that defendant will be unjustly enriched if it is not required to compensate plaintiff for the work performed. When HUD sold the project, albeit at a loss in excess of $2,000,000, the value of the project had been enhanced by plaintiff's work. A court of equity has the power . . . to avoid unjust enrichment from the services rendered, Trans-Bay, supra at 382, and we hold that such unjust enrichment will occur if HUD does not compensate plaintiff for the work it expended in enhancing the value of the project which HUD eventually sold. Trans-Bay, supra; Bennett, supra at 836. 34