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In this case (Glasbrook Brothers v Glamorgan County Council [1925] AC 270) a colliery requested police protection during a strike, in the form of a body of officers quartered on the premises. The police only had the resources to make visiting patrols, but offered to place constables at the site for a financial contribution. After the strike the police presented the Colliery with a bill for services rendered, which the colliery refused to pay. It was held that although performing a statutory duty could not be sufficient consideration (see: Consideration) to support an agreement (see: Collins v godefroy (1831)), the action of the police was beyond statutory requirements, and payment could be claimed.