Section 68. Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account

CHAPTER V OF CERTAIN RELATIONS RESEMBLING THOSE CREATED BY CONTRACT 68. Claim 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.[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. 69.Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested .—A person who is interested in the payment of money which another is bound by law to pay, and who therefore pays it, is entitled to be reimbursed by the other. 1. See ss. 3 and 5, supra .