James Brett Holmes v. Becky Turner

MAXWELL, J.,

for the Court:

¶ 1. “Generally, when necessaries are furnished to a person who by reason of mental incapacity cannot himself make a contract, the law implies or imposes an obligation or agreement on his part to pay for them[.]” 1 In this case, while Frances Turner was a total-care Alzheimer’s patient, her son Jimmy Turner wrote a series of checks to her to cover the cost of her nursing care. Thus, the law recognized an implied contractual obligation that Frances would repay Jimmy.

¶2. This obligation to reimburse Jimmy arose when the implied contract ended in November 2009. This is'…