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The Nash v/s Inman Case was related in the law of contract with the issue of

Nash v. Inman (1908) concerned a minor's liability for necessaries. A tailor sued a Cambridge undergraduate, a minor, for the price of expensive waistcoats; the claim failed…

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The Nash v/s Inman Case was related in the law of contract with the issue of

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Nash v. Inman (1908) concerned a minor's liability for necessaries. A tailor sued a Cambridge undergraduate, a minor, for the price of expensive waistcoats; the claim failed because the boy was already adequately supplied with clothes, so the goods were not necessaries.

The case shows that a minor is liable only for necessaries suited to his condition in life and actual requirements, the rule found in section 68 of the Indian Contract Act, 1872. It is not a case on frustration, fraud or misrepresentation.

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