Where a blind or illiterate person (here 115 years old) had a deed read over to him before it was signed, but he was mislead, he could plead non est factum.
Citations:
(1611) 12 Co Rep 90, 77 ER 1366
Jurisdiction:
England and Wales
Cited by:
Cited – Saunders (Executrix of the Will of Rose Maude Gallie, Deceased) v Anglia Building Society HL 9-Nov-1970
The Appellant had signed an assignment of her lease in favour of her nephew. She said she thought the effect of it would protect her right to continue to live in the house. She now appealed rejection of her plea of non est factum.
Held: The . .
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Contract
Updated: 01 May 2022; Ref: scu.253154