McLean v. Jackson

Our statute provides that “contracts of an infant under twenty-one years of age axe void, except for necessaries; and for necessaries they»are not valid unless the party furnishing them proves that the parent or guardian fails or refuses to supply the necessaries for the infant.” Civil Code (1910), § 4233. It is practically impossible to lay down any general definition of the term “necessaries” which will be applicable in all cases. That which is a luxury to-day may become a necessity to-morrow. What are deemed necessaries for one person may not be for another. The question depends largely…