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Morgenroth & Assoc’s., Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 2 514 (1981) (stating implied-in-fact contract is true contract, as opposed to legal remedy for unjust enrichment).

RSA 491:8 provides that “[t]he superior court shall have jurisdiction to enter judgment against the state of New Hampshire founded upon any express or implied contract with the state.” This statutory provision “partially abrogates the State’s sovereign immunity.” Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514 (1981).

“An implied in fact contract is a true contract that is not expressed in words; the terms of the parties’ agreement must be inferred from their conduct.” Morgenroth Assoc’s. Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514 (1981).

Although the conduct of the parties, apart from oral and written words, may establish an enforceable, implied-in-fact contract, see Harrison v. Watson, 116 N.H. 510, 511 (1976); Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514 (1981), subjective expectations “are insufficient to create an implied contract,” Short v. School Admin.

This decision does not bar a future action for damages consistent with RSA 491:8 as interpreted in Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511 (1981).

Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 431 A.2d 770 (1981) (Morgenroth I); Morgenroth & Assoc’s v. State, 126 N.H. 266, 490 A.2d 784 (1985) (Morgenroth II).

“In construing the ambiguous language of a statute, this court must determine the legislature’s intent.” Morgenroth & Assoc's, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 515, 431 A.2d 770, 772 (1981) (citation omitted).

Compare Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514, 431 A.2d 770, 772 (1981) with Blue Cross/Blue Shield v. St.

RSA 491:8; see Morgenroth & Associates, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 515-16, 431 A.2d 770, 772-73 (1981) (superior court has jurisdiction to hear claims against the State based on express and implied in fact contracts under RSA 491:8).

“An implied in fact contract is a true contract that is not expressed in words; the terms of the parties’ agreement must be inferred from their conduct.” Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514, 431 A.2d 770, 772 (1981) (citing 1 A. Corbin, Contracts § 18 (1963); Restatement of Contracts § 5, comment a (1932); 1 S. Williston, A Treatise on the Law of Contracts § 3 (1957)).

An appeal of that earlier case to this court was one of three cases decided in Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 431 A.2d 770 (1981).

Reports of commissions established to prepare or recommend statutory revisions can prove to be valuable aids in construing particular statutes.” Corson v. Brown Prods., Inc., 119 N.H. 20, 23, 397 A.2d 640, 642 *781 (1979); see Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 515, 431 A.2d 770, 772 (1981).

“In evaluating the propriety of the trial court’s action [in granting a motion to dismiss], we must assume that all the facts alleged by the plaintiff are true and construe all reasonable inferences from those facts favorably to the plaintiff.” Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 516, 431 A.2d 770, 773 (1981) (citing Lawton v. Great Southwest Fire Ins.

Morgenroth & Assoc.’s Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 516, 431 A.2d 770, 773 (1981).

Morgenroth Assoc’s., Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 516, 431 A.2d 770, 773 (1981); Berlinguette v. Stanton, 120 N.H. 760, 762, 423 A.2d 289, 290 (1980).

Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 514, 431 A.2d 770, 772 (1981); Presby v. Bethlehem Village District, 120 N.H. 493, 495, 416 A.2d 1382, 1383 (1980).

Kenneth E. Curran, Inc. v. Auclair Trans., Inc., 121 N.H. 451, 454, 531 A.2d 124, 126 (1981); Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121, N.H. 511, 519, 431 A.2d 770, 774 (1981).

Morgenroth & Assoc’s, Inc. v. Town of Tilton, 121 N.H. 511, 516-17, 431 A.2d 770, 773-74 (1981).