When past services are rendered with a promise to pay, the court may enforce the promise to pay. In the case of Dementas, however, the service was rendered after the promise of payment. The court found that Dementas' services were rendered without any expectation of payment from Tallas. The moral obligation was created after some courts deemed the sentence too harsh. Even if a moral obligation had been applied to Dementas' case, the court found that Dementas performed all services without expecting any payment in