Farrell v. Chandler, Gardner & Williams, Inc.

This court has held in Chandler-Gardner & Williams, Inc. v. Reynolds, 250 Mass. 309, that a contract in the terms of the paper signed by Mrs. Farrell is valid. The question for our determination is whether she is bound by her signature to the contract. The rule of law is well stated in Atlas Shoe Co. v. Bloom, 209 Mass. 563, 567: “In the absence of fraud practised upon him, . . . mere ignorance of the contents of an instrument which a party voluntarily executes is not sufficient ground for setting it aside if ultimately the paper is found to be different from what he supposed it to be. Rice…