OF CERTAIN RELATIONS RESEMBLING THOSE CREATED BY CONTRACT
69 Claim for necessaries supplied to person incapable of contracting, or on his account cite [+]
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 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.
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.
70 Reimbursement of person paying money due by another, in payment of which he is interested cite [+]
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.
ILLUSTRATION
A, the owner of a holding situated within a Town Board area, allows the assessment due thereon to fall into arrear. The Chairman of the Town Board seizes movable property found on the holding with a view to its sale by public auction under the Town Boards Enactment [F. M. S. Cap. 137]. B having an interest in the movable property pays the arrear. A is bound to make good to B the amount so paid.
71 Obligation of person enjoying benefit of non-gratuitous act cite [+]
Where a person lawfully does anything for another person, or delivers anything to him, not intending to do so gratuitously, and such other person enjoys the benefit thereof, the latter is bound to make compensation to the former in respect of, or to restore, the thing so done or delivered.
ILLUSTRATIONS
(a) A, a tradesman, leaves goods at B's house by mistake. B treats the goods as his own. He is bound to pay A for them.
(b) A saves B's property from fire. A is not entitled to compensation from B, if the circumstances show that he intended to act gratuitously.
72 Responsibility of finder of goods cite [+]
A person who finds goods belonging to another and takes them into his custody, is subject to the same responsibility as a bailee.
73 Liability of person to whom money is paid, or thing delivered, by mistake or under coercion cite [+]
A person to whom money has been paid, or anything delivered, by mistake or under coercion, must repay or return it.
ILLUSTRATIONS
(a) A and B jointly owe RM100 to C. A alone pays the amount to C, and B, not knowing this fact, pays RM100 over again to C. C is bound to repay the amount to B.
(b) A railway company refuses to deliver up certain goods to the consignee, except upon the payment of an illegal charge for carriage. The consignee pays the sum charged in order to obtain the goods. He is entitled to recover so much of the charge as was illegally excessive.
