International Text-Book Co. v. Anderson
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) If a person cannot read the language in which a contract is written, it is as much his duty to procure some person to read and explain it to him before he signs it as it would be to read it before he •signed it if he were able to do so, and his failure to obtain a reading and explanation of it is such gross negligence as would estop him from avoiding it on the ground that he was ignoarnt of its…
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Appeal from St. Louis City Circuit Court. — Hon. Daniel D. Fisher, Judge. (1) If a person cannot read the language in which a contract is written, it is as much his duty to procure some person to read and explain it to him before he signs it as it would be to read it before he •signed it if he were able to do so, and his failure to obtain a reading and explanation of it is such gross negligence as would estop him from avoiding it on the ground that he was ignoarnt of its contents. 9 Cyc. 390; Stanley v. Gas Light Co., 63 Mo. App. 123; Tate v. Locke, 130 Mo. App. 273; Penn v. Brashear, 65 Mo.…
1Opinion of the CourtNortoni, J.
This is a suit for the balance due-on a written contract for a course of instruction. The finding and judgment were for defendant and plaintiff prosecutes the appeal.
The balance due on the contract is only forty-six dollars, and the case originated before a justice of the-peace but found its way by appeal to the circuit court.
It appears plaintiff is an incorporated company with its home office in the State of Pennsylvania, and engaged in the business of instruction by means of correspondence through the mails. Defendant is a native of Sweden, residing in St. Louis, and, at the time he entered…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- White v. SolomonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1895
- International Text-Book Co. v. MartinNebraska Supreme Court · 1908
- National Cash Register Co. v. DehnMichigan Supreme Court · 1905
- Tait v. LockeMissouri Court of Appeals · 1908
- Penn v. BrashearMissouri Court of Appeals · 1896
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3Cited by7 opinions
- International Textbook Co. v. MartinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1915
- Bennett v. Fun & Fitness of Silver Hill, Inc.District of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1981
- Gooch v. Motors Insurance Co.Missouri Court of Appeals · 1958
- State Ex Rel. Union Pac. Railroad Co. v. BlandSupreme Court of Missouri · 1930
- Green v. NelsonUtah Supreme Court · 1951
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