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'A' supplies the wife and children of a lunatic 'B' with necessities suitable to their condition of…

Section 68 permits reimbursement from the property of a person incapable of contracting for necessaries suited to that person’s condition in life, including supplies to…

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'A' supplies the wife and children of a lunatic 'B' with necessities suitable to their condition of life. 'A' is:

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Section 68 permits reimbursement from the property of a person incapable of contracting for necessaries suited to that person’s condition in life, including supplies to someone the incapable person is legally bound to support. Its illustration specifically includes the wife and children. This creates a claim against B’s property, rather than imposing ordinary contractual personal liability on B.

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