Question juridique clé
Whether the respondent must refund a payment made after bankruptcy for pre-bankruptcy services as unjust enrichment.
Solution extraite
No. The underlying debt existed before bankruptcy, and the bankruptcy filing did not eliminate its causa; the enrichment claim had not yet arisen because the bankruptcy result and any overpayment could not yet be determined without a final distribution.
Motifs extraits
Bankruptcy does not change the substantive debt relationship. Although premature distributions may later be recoverable if there is an overpayment, that requires knowing the final bankruptcy result. Here no distribution list or final account existed, so no recoverable unjust enrichment was established.