Actio de in rem verso
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Actio de in rem verso is a legal term meaning enrichment without cause. Its origin lies in first Roman law and then French law, when Napoleon's law givers used the INSTITUTES OF JUSTINIAN as the basis for the CODE NAPOLEON. The five criteria of such a claim are: 1. There was an actual enrichment. 2. There was an impoverishment. 3. There is a connection between the impoverishment and the enrichment. 4. There must be no cause or justification for the enrichment and impoverishment. 5. There must be no other remedy available to the plaintiff at law. --Charrier v. Bell 496 So. 2d 601 (La. Ct. App. 1986)
