Ragan v. Williams

The suit was against an infant for necessaries.

When necessaries are furnished to one who by reason of infancy cannot bind himself by his contract, the law implies an obligation on the part of such person to pay for such “necessaries” out of his own property. It is said that such right and liability is a benefit rather than a disadvantage, if the necessaries furnished are “equal and reason able” — beneficial to him. Smoot v. Ryan, 187 Ala. 396, 65 So. 828. So an infant, like an insane person, has been held liable for necessaries furnished him or to his family suitable to his state or condition…