Where a signatory is blind, and the document is read to him falsely either by the grantee or by a stranger, then the deed is not binding on him. An illiterate signatory need not execute the deed without it being read over to him, but where he executes it without asking it to be read for him, then the deed is binding on him. The decision was based on the reading of the deed ‘in other words than in truth it is.’
Citations:
(1584) 2 Co Rep 9 (b), (1584) 76 ER 408, (1584) KB 148
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 December 2022; Ref: scu.253150