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Contracts of Insane Persons and Drunkards
The article explains how contracts by infants, insane persons, and drunkards are treated by law. It covers capacity, guardianship, lucid intervals, and exceptions for guardians, plus how necessaries of life affect enforceability and how ratification or disaffirmation works after sanity returns. It notes that drunkenness can render a contract voidable if the party was not compos mentis, and that habitual drunkards may be bound if sober when the contract was made.