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Section 68 Contract Act — Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on hi s account

The Indian Contract Act, 1872 · Official PDF page 28

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68. Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on hi s 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 furni shed such supplies is entitled to be reimbursed from the property of such incapable person.2

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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