Contracts Act · s 69

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s 69Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting or on his account

If a person, incapable of entering into a contract, or anyone whom he is legally bound to support, is supplied by another person with necessaries

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suited to his condition in life, the person who has furnished such supplied is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such incapable person.

Illustrations

(a)

A supplies B, a mentally disordered person, 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 mentally disordered person, with necessaries suitable to their condition in life. A is entitled to be reimbursed from B’s property.