 ... will not do for a man to enter into a contract, and when called upon to respond to its obligations, to say that he did not read it when he signed it, or did not know what it contained. If this were permitted, contracts would not be worth the paper...  Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan - Page 229by Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1896Full view - About this book
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1912 - 966 pages
...permitted, contracts would not be worth the paper on which they are written. But such is not the law. A contractor must stand by the words of his contract,...signs, he alone is responsible for his omission. A different rule prevails where the party is misled as to the nature of the writing, and is not himself... | |
 | Kentucky. Court of Appeals, James Hughes, Achilles Sneed, Martin D. Hardin, George Minos Bibb, Alexander Keith Marshall, William Littell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1911 - 952 pages
...permitted contracts would not be worth the paper on which they are written. But such is not the law. A contractor must stand by the words of his contract;...signs, he alone is responsible for his omission." (See also 9 Cyc. 388, and cases cited.) A different rule prevails where the party is misled as to the... | |
 | Insurance law - 1876 - 968 pages
...law. A con102 Report of Decisions. [Feb., tractor must (stand by the words of his contract, and if be will not read what he signs. he alone is responsible for his omission. Jackson vs. Croy, 12 John, R., 427 ; Leis TI8. Stubbs, 6 Watts, 48 ; Farly vs. Bryant, 32 Me., 474;... | |
 | William A. Shinn - Bankruptcy - 1876 - 624 pages
...permitted, contracts would not be worth the paper on which they are written. But such is not the law. A contractor must stand by the words of his contract,...he signs, he alone is responsible for his omission. (Jackson v. Crvy, 12 John., 427 ; Lies v. Stub, 6 Watts, 48 ; Farly v. Bryant, 32 Me., 474 ; Coffing... | |
 | Law - 1876 - 860 pages
...of which alone is a mark of degeneracy. Pertinent to the law as to written contracts, it is said : "A contractor must stand by the words of his contract...signs, he alone is responsible for his omission," (p. 50). Stock speculations and stock gambling are thus stigmatized : " The idea that the capital of... | |
 | Insurance law - 1876 - 972 pages
...might be president thereof, that the transaction took place. tractor must stand by the words of bis contract, and if he will not read what he signs, he alone is responsible for his omission. Jackson vs. Croy, 12 John, R., 427 ; Leis vs. Stubbs, 6 Watts, 48 ; Farly vs. Bryant, 32 Me., 474 ;... | |
 | Law - 1876 - 870 pages
...of which alone is a mark of degeneracy. Pertinent to the law as to written contracts, it is said : "A contractor must stand by the words of his contract;...signs, he alone is responsible for his omission," (p. 50). Stock speculations and stock gambling are thus stigmatized : " The idea that the capital of... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1884 - 1062 pages
...permitted, contracts would not be worth the paper on which they are written. But such is not the law. A contractor must stand by the words of his contract;...he signs, he alone is responsible for his omission. Jackson v. Croy, 12 Johns., 427; Lsis v. Stubbs, 6 Watts, 48; Farly v. Bryant, 32 Me., 474; 'Coffing... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1072 pages
...or surrendered to him by the trustees of the company. 4. A contractor must stand by the words of bis contract; and. If he will not read what he signs, he alone Is responsible for bis omission. 5. A misrepresentation of the law, as a misrepresentation as to the liability toassessment... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1206 pages
...permitted, contracts would not be worth the paper on which they are written. But such is not the law. A contractor must stand by the words of his contract;...signs, he alone is responsible for his omission." The court, however, recognizes that a different rule prevails when the party was misled as to the nature... | |
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