Lawgist68Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account
If a person, incapable of entering into a contract, or any one whom he is legally bound to support, is supplied by another person with necessaries suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnished such supplies is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such incapable person.1
Illustrations
(a) A supplies B, a lunatic, with necessaries suitable to his condition in life. A is entitled to be reimbursed from B's property.
(b) A supplies the wife and children of B, a lunatic, with necessaries suitable to their condition in life. A is entitled to be reimbursed from B's property
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1. The property of a Government ward in Madhya Pradeshis not liable under this section, see the C.P. Court of Wards Act, 1899 (24 of 1899), s. 31(1).
- 68 Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account
- 69 Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested
- 70 Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act
- 71 Responsibility of finder of goods
- 72 Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion
