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The trial court's decision was supported by competent and credible evidence that appellant was liable under R.C. 3103.03(C) for the services appellee provided because appellant's wife was unable to pay for the expenses herself and had not otherwise abandoned appellant during their marriage. R.C. 3103.03(C) does not require a married person to enter into a contract before that person will be held liable to a third party for providing their spouse necessaries.
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According to Doyle, the agreement between the Pilgrim Separatists and the Merchant Adventurers corporation provided that [a]ll settlers . . . were to receive their necessaries out of the common stock. [...] they are likely to keep to themselves any knowledge that might increase efficiency.
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To justify the logical transition from factual observation to moral proclamation, Aquinas explicitly appealed to Biblical allegory-arguing that God would not have given people dominion over fish unless He intended them to have control over the necessaries of life.21 With similar reliance on religious doctrine, Aquinas argued that the Christian virtue of charity should limit the extent of one's lawful property holdings,22 and he did not reject the idea that a community body should be charged with overseeing property distribution, apparently to effectuate observance of the virtue of charity.23 Aquinas' theological arguments suggest that he took the Golden Rule as his ethical premise. The injunction to love one's neighbor provided the logical transition between the observation of a need a...
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Affirming trial court's decisions granting appellee's motions to dismiss appellant's claims for necessaries, unjust enrichment, fraud and promissory estoppel. Further, affirming trial court's decision denying appellant's motion to strike the motions for
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Depending on state law, a surviving spouse may also be liable under the doctrine of necessaries. In states that observe this doctrine, a spouse is liable to a creditor who sells or provides goods or services to that person's spouse, as long as the goods or services are rendered for sustenance, support or healthcare. Necessaries include food, medicine, clothing, shelter and personal services that are typically considered reasonably essential for the preservation and enjoyment of life. Because state laws on these issues vary, it is important to be cognizant of the relevant state law provisions. Heirs may also be liable for the debts of the deceased if the deceased gave away his assets shortly before death or otherwise acted in a manner to defraud creditors. State law varies, but there is ...
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SOMETIMES we hear that, for one reason or another, a person had been deprived of "the necessaries of life". This use of "necessaries" rather than "necessities" goes back at least to the 14th century and has remained in use, especially when food, warmth and shelter are under discussion.
